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scuppernong

Syllables: scup·per·nong/ˈskʌpənɒŋ/US/ˈskʌ.pəɹˌnɔŋ/

scuppernong noun: a large greenish-bronze grape native to the Southeastern United States, a variety of the muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia).

scuppernong: a large greenish-bronze grape native to the Southeastern United States, a variety of the muscadine...
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Noun

scuppernong (plural scuppernongs)

  1. A large greenish-bronze grape native to the Southeastern United States, a variety of the muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia).
    • Plucking an occasional camellia, getting a squirt of hot milk from Miss Maudie Atkinson’s cow on a summer day, helping ourselves to someone’s scuppernongs was part of our ethical culture, but money was different.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
  2. A sweet, golden or amber-colored US wine made from this variety of grape.

scuppernong meaning in Bengali

scuppernong in Bengali

সোনালী, অ্যাম্বার রঙের মার্কিন ওয়াইন

Forms of scuppernong

pluralscuppernongs

Origin of scuppernong

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.

Questions about scuppernong

What does scuppernong mean?
Scuppernong means a large greenish-bronze grape native to the Southeastern United States, a variety of the muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia).
What is scuppernong in Bengali?
Scuppernong in Bengali is সোনালী, অ্যাম্বার রঙের মার্কিন ওয়াইন. See Scuppernong meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is scuppernong?
Scuppernong is a noun.
How do you pronounce scuppernong?
Scuppernong is pronounced /ˈskʌpənɒŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of scuppernong?
The plural of scuppernong is scuppernongs.

Words near scuppernong in the dictionary

  1. scupper nails
  2. scupper plug
  3. scupper plugs
  4. scuppered
  5. scuppering
  6. scuppernong
  7. scuppernongs
  8. scuppers
  9. scuppet
  10. scuppets
  11. scuppie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scuppernong (page history and authors); scuppernong (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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