Grape n. [OF. grape , crape , bunch or cluster of grapes, F. grappe , akin to F. grappin grapnel, hook; fr. OHG. chrapfo hook, G. krapfen , akin to E. cramp . The sense seems to have come from the idea of clutching. Cf. Agraffe , Cramp , Grapnel , Grapple .]
A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in great quantities for table use and for making wine and raisins. (Bot.)
The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine. (Bot.)
A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse. (Man.)
Grapeshot. (Mil.)
Phrases & Compounds
Grape borer
See Vine borer .
Grape curculio
a minute black weevil (Craponius inæqualis ) which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes.
Grape flower
a liliaceous plant (Muscari racemosum ) with small blue globular flowers in a dense raceme.
Grape fungus
a fungus (Oidium Tuckeri ) on grapevines; vine mildew.
Grape hopper
a small yellow and red hemipterous insect, often very injurious to the leaves of the grapevine.
Grape moth
a small moth (Eudemis botrana ), which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes, and often binds them together with silk.
Grape of a cannon
the cascabel or knob at the breech.
Grape sugar
See Glucose .
Grape worm
the larva of the grape moth.
Sour grapes
things which persons affect to despise because they can not possess them; -- in allusion to Æsop's fable of the fox and the grapes.