mountain grape
- noun
- US
:
uva de montaña
- 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
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
A small evergreen bush with spiny leaves, yellow flowers, 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.
