ZINFANDEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zinfandel mean? 

• ZINFANDEL (noun)
  The noun ZINFANDEL has 2 senses:

1. small black grape grown chiefly in California; transplanted from Europe

2. dry fruity red wine from California

  Familiarity information: ZINFANDEL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZINFANDEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small black grape grown chiefly in California; transplanted from Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

common grape vine; vinifera; vinifera grape; Vitis vinifera (common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes)

Meronyms (substance of "Zinfandel"):

zinfandel (dry fruity red wine from California)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dry fruity red wine from California

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

red wine (wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes)

Holonyms ("zinfandel" is a substance of...):

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