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Grapevine
Grape′vineˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus
Vitis
, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes
. ☞ 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. 2.
Of or pertaining to the art of writing.
3.
Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.
The finger of God hath left an inscription upon all his works, not graphical, or composed of letters.
Sir T. Browne.
4.
Having the faculty of clear, detailed, and impressive description;
as, a
. graphic
writerGraphic algebra
, a branch of algebra in which, the properties of equations are treated by the use of curves and straight lines.
– Graphic arts
, a name given to those fine arts which pertain to the representation on a fiat surface of natural objects; as distinguished from music, etc., and also from sculpture.
– Graphic formula
. (Chem.)
See under
– Formula
. Graphic granite
. See under
– Granite
. Graphic method
, the method of scientific analysis or investigation, in which the relations or laws involved in tabular numbers are represented to the eye by means of curves or other figures; as the daily changes of weather by means of curves, the abscissas of which represent the hours of the day, and the ordinates the corresponding degrees of temperature.
– Graphical statics
(Math.)
, a branch of statics, in which the magnitude, direction, and position of forces are represented by straight lines –
Graphic tellurium
. See
Sylvanite
.Definition 2024
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See also: Grapevine
English
Grapevines
Noun
grapevine (plural grapevines)
- The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.
- Although many grape vines have geographical names, those rarely reflect their real origin, if known at all.
- A rumor.
- An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
- I heard through the grapevine that Jim will be leaving soon.
- 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, The Bat, chapterI:
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He […] played a lone hand, […]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
- (skating) A move in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other, while both remaining on the ice or ground, incorporating half-turns.
- (wrestling) A leglock.
Synonyms
- (informal person-to-person means of circulating information): bush telegraph, jungle telegraph, mulga wire, rumor mill
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Translations
the plant on which grapes grow
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informal means of circulating gossip
Verb
grapevine (third-person singular simple present grapevines, present participle grapevining, simple past and past participle grapevined)