muscadine

English

Muscadines (red, small) and scuppernongs (green, large) in a bowl.

Alternative forms

• muskadine (archaic)

Etymology

Uncertain, but probably from muscadel, muscatel, +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌskədiːn/, /ˈmʌskədaɪn/

Noun

muscadine (plural muscadines)

1. An American vine of the subgenus Vitis subg. Muscadinia, Vitis rotundifolia
2. A grape variety from this vine.
3. A wine produced from these grapes.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , New York, 2001, p.223:

     All black wines, over-hot, compound, strong, thick drinks, as muscadine, malmsey, alicant, rumney, brown bastard, metheglin, and the like […]

Further reading

• Muscadine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vitis subg. Muscadinia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Vitis rotundifolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons