scuppernong

[ skuhp-er-nawng, -nong ]

noun

1. a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
2. the vine bearing this fruit, grown in the southern U.S.

scuppernong

/ ˈskʌpəˌnɒŋ /

noun

1. a sweet American wine, slightly golden, made from a variety of muscadine grape
2. another name for muscadine, the variety from which this wine is made

Word History and Origins

Origin of scuppernong¹

1805–15, Americanism; short for scuppernong grape, after a river in North Carolina

Word History and Origins

Origin of scuppernong¹

C19: named after Scuppernong River in North Carolina where the grape grows

Example Sentences

She tendered me a chair; while her husband opened a sideboard, and brought forth a box of Havanas and a decanter of Scuppernong.

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Also there was a cup of sweet wine, home-pressed from the berries the Indian scuppernong, to wash them down.

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A seedling of Scuppernong pollinated by Vitis munsoniana; from Munson in 1896.

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A seedling of Scuppernong crossed with a Lincecumii hybrid; from Munson, about 1898.

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Indeed, where Vitis rotundifolia grows wild, all of the forms are often included in the term Scuppernong.

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