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Synonyms for grape vine

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Bush telegraph — an informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip

bush telegraph, jungle telegraph, jungle drums, rumor mill US, mulga wire AU

2. Grape

wine-tree, vine, grape

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.

    I heard through the grapevine that Jim will be leaving soon.

  2. n. 2

    The plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow.

    Although many grapevines have geographical names, these rarely reflect their real origin, if known at all.

Related words

Other spellings
grape-vine grapevine

Example sentences

  • vine Ziri chopped the vine off close to the leaf node.

By length

4 letters
vine1
5 letters
grape1

In other languages

Français
vigne
Italiano
vite
Español
cepa
Deutsch
Weinrebe
Català
cep