VINIFERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vinifera mean? 

• VINIFERA (noun)
  The noun VINIFERA has 1 sense:

1. common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes

  Familiarity information: VINIFERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VINIFERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common grape vine; vinifera; vinifera grape; Vitis vinifera

Hypernyms ("vinifera" is a kind of...):

grape; grape vine; grapevine (any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries)

Meronyms (parts of "vinifera"):

vinifera grape (grape from a cultivated variety of the common grape vine of Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vinifera"):

Chardonnay; chardonnay grape (white wine grape)

Pinot; Pinot grape (any of several purple or white wine grapes used especially for Burgundies and champagnes)

Sauvignon grape (small blue-black grape of Medoc region of France highly prized in winemaking)

Cabernet Sauvignon grape (superior red wine grapes grown especially in the Bordeaux region of France and northern California)

Sauvignon blanc (white wine grape grown in California)

Merlot (black wine grape originally from the region of Bordeaux)

Muscadet (white grape grown especially in the valley the Loire in France)

Riesling (white grape grown in Europe and California)

Zinfandel (small black grape grown chiefly in California; transplanted from Europe)

Chenin blanc (white grape grown especially in California and the lower Loire valley of France)

malvasia (grape used to make malmsey wine)

muscat; muskat (any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes)

Verdicchio (a variety of white wine grape grown in Italy)

Holonyms ("vinifera" is a member of...):

genus Vitis; Vitis (the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes)