- sea grape
- noun
1.a. : gulfweedb. : a tree or shrub of the genus Coccoloba; especially : a variable plant (C. uvifera) of sandy shores of Florida and tropical America having rounded leaves with cordate bases and bearing clusters of bluish edible berriesc. : a leafless shrub (Ephedea distachya) of southeastern Europed. : glasswort2. sea grapes plural : the clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of squids (as those of the genus Loligo)
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1. a tropical American tree, Coccoloba uvifera, of the buckwheat family, bearing grapelike clusters of edible purple berries.2. the fruit itself.3. a gulfweed.[1570-80]* * *
sea grape see under ↑sea• • •Main Entry: ↑grape————————sea grape noun1. Any plant of the genus Ephedra, or its fruit2. Seaside grape3. Another name for glasswort4. Gulfweed5. (in pl) cuttlefish eggs in masses• • •Main Entry: ↑sea* * *
sea grape,a tropical American shrub or small tree of the buckwheat family, having white flowers and attractive autumn foliage, and bearing bunches of grapelike fruit that are made into jelly and a beverage.* * *
n. a salt-resistant tree of the dock family, bearing grapelike bunches of edible purple fruit and found on the Atlantic coasts of tropical America. ● Coccoloba uvifera, family Polygonaceae■ the fruit of this tree
Useful english dictionary. 2012.