Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Muscadine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Muscardin \Mus"car*din\, n. [F., fr. muscadin a musk-scented
lozenge, fr. muscade nutmeg, fr. L. muscus musk. See
{Muscadel}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.
[Written also {muscadine}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Muscadine \Mus"ca*dine\, n. [See {Muscadel}.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several very different kinds of
grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong,
or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent
stock of the Catawba. See {Grapevine}.
2. (Bot.) A fragrant and delicious pear.
3. (Zo["o]l.) See {Muscardin}.
{Northern muscadine} (Bot.), a derivative of the northern fox
grape, and scarcely an improvement upon it.
{Royal muscadine} (Bot.), a European grape of great value.
Its berries are large, round, and of a pale amber color.
Called also {golden chasselas}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grapevine \Grape"vine`\, n. (Bot.)
A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus {Vitis}, having small
green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called
{grapes}.
Note: The common grapevine of the Old World is {Vitis
vinifera}, and is a native of Central Asia. Another
variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly
called {Zante currants}. The northern {Fox grape} of
the United States is the {V. Labrusca}, from which, by
cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The
southern {Fox grape}, or {Muscadine}, is the {V.
vulpina}. The {Frost grape} is {V. cordifolia}, which
has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early
frosts.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
muscadine
n 1: native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many
cultivated varieties [syn: {Vitis rotundifolia}]
2: dull-purple grape of southern United States [syn: {bullace
grape}]
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