Definitions
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- noun Common name for the catawba grape, a cultivar of North American vitus labrusca.
- noun Original and alternate common name for the various species of
catalpa trees. - noun The Catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense).
Etymologies
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Examples
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BUT, of course I know that you are referring to the current version of Great Western's catawba sparkler.
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He also does a sparkling wine with catawba as a base at Schulze as well.
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Oh ya catawba, we is an ekwull opperchewnitty sand bawks.
OMG, is fulla starz. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Not as spourt or hobbiez, barely so-shoals really. and catawba is a mildly sweets whine.
OMG, is fulla starz. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Received a box of catawba wine and pawpaw brandy from Colonel James
The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer John Beatty
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Tartary and the Eagle of Washington understand one another, and that the terrific threats which were discharged at the New York banquet were not merely the extra effervescence of the very objectionable liquid called catawba.
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Cincinnati famous for its catawba and other wines bearing the
'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve 1863
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The region, which enthusiastic writers now term the Champagne of America, was colonised in 1793, and vines of the catawba and isabella varieties were first planted for the purpose of making wine in 1854.
Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines Henry Vizetelly 1857
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Cincinnati, included that of making sparkling wines from the catawba, isabella, and other varieties of grapes, and to-day there are several manufactories of sparkling catawba and other wines in the capital of
Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines Henry Vizetelly 1857
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Viticulture and vinification languished in the United States until attention was called in 1826 to the catawba vine by Major Adlum, of Georgetown, near Washington, who thought that by so doing he was conferring a greater benefit on his country than if he had liquidated its national debt.
Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines Henry Vizetelly 1857
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