/ greɪp; NAmE / noun
a small green or purple fruit that grows in bunches on a climbing plant (called a vine ). Wine is made from grapes :
a bunch of grapes
black / white grapes (= grapes that are actually purple / green in colour)
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IDIOMS
see sour adjective
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (also in the Old French sense): from Old French , bunch of grapes , probably from graper gather (grapes), from grap hook (denoting an implement used in harvesting grapes), of Germanic origin.