mountain grape
- noun
- US
- You can find mountain grape growing wild along the Pacific coast.
Examples
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The mountain grape is often planted in gardens for its attractive foliage and flowers.
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Birds are attracted to the blue-black berries of the mountain grape.
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The mountain grape thrives in coastal regions.
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I found a mountain grape plant in my garden.
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Birds are attracted to the blue-black berries of the mountain grape.
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The mountain grape is often planted in gardens for its attractive foliage and flowers.
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You can find mountain grape growing wild along the Pacific coast.
Synonyms
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8.1
A small evergreen bush with spiny leaves, yellow flowers, and blue-black berries
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9.9
An evergreen shrub with dark green leaves with several parts, yellow flower clusters, and dark blue berries
An evergreen shrub with dark green divided leaves, yellow flower clusters, and blue-black berries often grown in gardens
An evergreen garden shrub that has shiny divided leaves, yellow flowers, and dark blue berries
A small garden bush with dark green leaves and blue-black berries
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound simply names a type of grape associated with mountains (a grape/fruit that grows in mountainous areas), so a learner who knows 'mountain' and 'grape' can infer it refers to a grape plant from mountain regions. This is a productive noun+noun composition common across languages and follows standard English compounding patterns, making the meaning transparently derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Mountain grape gets its name from a clear picture: small, blue-black berries that look like little grape bunches growing on low shrubs on rocky mountain slopes. That's why the name now means 'an evergreen shrub' with grape-like berries.