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4 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: grapevine n 1: gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth" [syn: {pipeline}, {word of mouth}] 2: any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries [syn: {grape}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Grapevine, AR Zip code(s): 72057 Grapevine, TX (city, FIPS 30644) Location: 32.93350 N, 97.07168 W Population (1990): 29202 (11907 housing units) Area: 81.0 sq km (land), 9.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76051, 76092 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Grapevine A distributed system project. [Who? Where? Why?]
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