muscadine
- noun
- /ˈmʌskəˌdaɪn/
- Specialized
- This summer, we picked fresh muscadine grapes to make homemade jelly and juice.
- muscadine puree
- muscadine grapes
- Muscadines grow
Examples
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Many native southerners can recall hearing about old-time muscadine hull pies.
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Neither of these problems pertains to growing muscadine grapes in the Southeast.
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"I used to pick muscadines all the time and eat them when I was a kid.
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" How do your muscadines grow?
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You'll be able to learn and see everything that goes into making their Muscadine wines.
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Betty J. Ector has big plans for the muscadine.
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Eating foods made with muscadine products is a good way to get a significant amount of resveratrol in the average diet.
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According to Bateman, a variety of products are being developed from muscadines that will potentially appeal to a wide range of consumers.
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In America's history, domestication of muscadine grapes goes back at least 250 years.
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"If you don't drink wine, try some jam or a muffin made from muscadines," says Ector.
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Synonyms
A wild grape from the southeastern United States called muscadine that makes sweet, thick-skinned fruit
Surface Forms
Etymology
Muscadine comes from an old word for 'musk' and is like the English word musk, because these southern grapes often have a sweet, 'musky' smell. So the name helps you remember that muscadine grapes are fragrant fruits used for wine, jelly, and juice.