muscadine
noun
mus·ca·dine
ˈmə-skə-ˌdīn 
: a grape (Vitis rotundifolia) of the southern U.S. with musky fruits borne in small clusters
also
: the fruit
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That includes items other grocers don’t carry, Thompson said, pointing out signs for organic heirloom tomatoes, and bronze and black muscadine grapes.
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Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2025
The menu changes seasonally, but expect fresh small plates like mango salad with avocado, muscadine, chili crisp, and peanuts or shishito peppers with trout roe, sorghum vinaigrette, and hazelnut.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
During a nice seafood or barbecue dinner on the coast, you may be offered a glass of muscadine to accompany your meal.
—Claire Volkman, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2025
Complete bunch grape harvests and begin picking ripening muscadines.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
There are three basic types: American (Vitis labrusca), European (Vitis vinifera), and muscadines (Vitis rotundifolia).
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 15 June 2023
Some recipes are complex, like making wine from muscadine grapes, or stuffing shad with parsley rice and serving it with roe — a two-day effort.
—New York Times, 9 May 2022
Wines in the program will run the gamut from traditional varietals such as chardonnay, riesling, merlot, and cabernet sauvignon to country muscadine and fruit wines --watermelon, peach, apple, blueberry, skeeter pee, a lemon wine.
—al, 7 Mar. 2022
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Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2025
The menu changes seasonally, but expect fresh small plates like mango salad with avocado, muscadine, chili crisp, and peanuts or shishito peppers with trout roe, sorghum vinaigrette, and hazelnut.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
During a nice seafood or barbecue dinner on the coast, you may be offered a glass of muscadine to accompany your meal.
—Claire Volkman, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2025
Complete bunch grape harvests and begin picking ripening muscadines.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
There are three basic types: American (Vitis labrusca), European (Vitis vinifera), and muscadines (Vitis rotundifolia).
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 15 June 2023
Some recipes are complex, like making wine from muscadine grapes, or stuffing shad with parsley rice and serving it with roe — a two-day effort.
—New York Times, 9 May 2022
Wines in the program will run the gamut from traditional varietals such as chardonnay, riesling, merlot, and cabernet sauvignon to country muscadine and fruit wines --watermelon, peach, apple, blueberry, skeeter pee, a lemon wine.
—al, 7 Mar. 2022
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“Muscadine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muscadine. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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