winegrape

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A form of wine grape — Any variety of grape especially suited for winemaking, to be fermented into alcohol; usually, its suitability has been imparted by selective breeding.

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Meanings

nounwinegrape (plural winegrapes)

plural winegrapes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wine grape.

    With today's processing techniques, winegrape cultivars may also produce nonalcoholic juices acceptable to consumers' tastes.

    2005, Martha Davis, “Working Abstract 2: Suitability of Winegrapes for Juice Production”, in Scientific Papers and Presentations, Appendix 9, page 294
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    Growers of winegrapes have found cover crops to be compatible with winegrape growing for several reasons, and the result is that 15–30 percent of them use cover crops.

    2007, Keith Warner, Agroecology in Action: Extending Alternative Agriculture through Social Networks, page 151

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