Defn: Grapeshot. Grape borer. (Zoöl.) See Vine borer.
— Grape curculio (Zoöl.), a minute black weevil (Craponius
inæqualis) which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes.
— Grape flower, or Grape hyacinth (Bot.), a liliaceous plant
(Muscari racemosum) with small blue globular flowers in a dense
raceme.
— Grape fungus (Bot.), a fungus (Oidium Tuckeri) on grapevines;
vine mildew.
— Grape hopper (Zoöl.), a Small yellow and red hemipterous insect,
often very injurious to the leaves of the grapevine.
— Grape moth (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), the larva of the grape moth.
— Soar grapes, things which persons affect to despise because they
can not possess them; — in allusion to
GRAPE FRUIT
Grape" fruit`.
Defn: The shaddock.
GRAPELESS
Grape"less, a.
Defn: Wanting grapes or the flavor of grapes.
GRAPERY
Grap"er*y, n.
Defn: A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes.
GRAPESHOT
Grape"shot`, n. (Mil.)
Defn: A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags.
GRAPESTONE
Grape"stone`, n.