Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. See muscadine.
- n. A cultivated variety of the muscadine grape with sweet yellowish fruit.
- n. A wine made from this grape.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A large greenish-bronze grape native to the Southeastern United States, a variety of the muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia).
- n. A sweet, golden or amber-colored American wine made from this variety of grape.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A cultivated variety of the muscadine, bullace, or southern foxgrape, Vitis rotundifolia (V. vulpina), of the southern United States and Mexico.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. amber-green muscadine grape of southeastern United States
Etymologies
After the Scuppernong River in northeast North Carolina.
(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)Named after the Scuppernong River and Lake in North Carolina near which the grapes were first found and cultivated. Probably from an Algonquian word. Both senses, "grape" and "wine", are first found in documents from the 1800s-1820s. (Wiktionary)
knitandpurl commented on the word scuppernong
"There will be snide routines about the local wine. Our table isn't ready, and I walk ahead of my daughter and take a seat at the bar. To spite her, I order a scuppernong champagne."
- From "The Landlord" by Wells Tower, in The New Yorker, September 13, 2010, p 69
September 16, 2010
malechi commented on the word scuppernong
"Maudie Atkinson told me you broke down her scuppernong arbor this morning. She's going to tell your father and then you'll wish you'd never seen the light of day!"
--Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
I read To Kill a Mockingbird a long time ago, but whenever I hear the title, I think of the film and Gregory Peck, a great actor and orator. I never get tired of hearing his voice.
December 8, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word scuppernong
No, no, it has to be a verb! Silly Reesetee. Verbing weirds language.
October 9, 2007
reesetee commented on the word scuppernong
You're weirds, chained_bear. ;->
October 9, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word scuppernong
It does sound like a mollusk.
I like mollusc better, though it weirds me out.
I also like weirds.
October 9, 2007
skipvia commented on the word scuppernong
We used to call these "push grapes" because you had to squeeze the bitter skin in order to push the very sweet pulp into your mouth. They grew uncultivated in our woods.
October 9, 2007
reesetee commented on the word scuppernong
Oh, I don't think it's boring! (Although a cookie is much preferred....) Anyway, this word always reminds me of some kind of mollusk. ;-)
June 23, 2007
arby commented on the word scuppernong
NOUN: 1. See muscadine. 2a. A cultivated variety of the muscadine grape with sweet yellowish fruit. b. A wine made from this grape.
ETYMOLOGY: After the Scuppernong River in northeast North Carolina.
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How boring! I thought it was a kind of cookie. (I think I'm confusing it with snickerdoodle, which is an equally awesome word.)
June 23, 2007