Word Meanings - VITICULTURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The cultivation of the vine; grape growing.

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• GROWLER
  The large-mouthed black bass. 3. A four-wheeled cab. (more info) 1. One who growls.
• GROWL
  To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. Gay.
• GRAPESHOT
  A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot
• GRAPE FRUIT
  The shaddock.
• GROWAN
  A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.
• GROWER
  One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also, that which grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow grower.
• GRAPESTONE
  A seed of the grape.
• GROW
  1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs. 2. To increase in any way; to become larger and
• GROWLINGLY
  In a growling manner.
• GROWTHEAD
  A lazy person; a blockhead. Tusser.
• GROWTH
  1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production;
• GRAPELESS
  Wanting grapes or the flavor of grapes.
• GROWTHFUL
  Having capacity of growth. J. Hamilton.
• GRAPERY
  A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes.
• GROWSE
  To shiver; to have chills. Ray.
• GRAPE
  A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in great quantities for table use and for making wine and raisins. (more info) grappe, akin
• GRAPEVINE
  A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes. Note: The common grapevine of the Old World is Vitis vinifera, and is a native of Central Asia. Another variety is that
• GROWN
  p. p. of Grow.
• GROWABLE
  Capable of growth.
• CULTIVATION
  1. The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage. 2. Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care. 3. The state
• UPGROW
  To grow up. Milton.
• FULL-GROWN
  Having reached the limits of growth; mature. "Full-grown wings." Lowell.
• MISGROWTH
  Bad growth; an unnatural or abnormal growth.
• INGROWTH
  A growth or development inward. J. LeConte.
• ISABELLA GRAPE
  A favorite sweet American grape of a purple color. See Fox grape, under Fox.
• OUTGROWTH
  That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.
• INGROWING
  Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance. Ingrowing nail, one whose edges are becoming imbedded in the adjacent flesh.
• LIVER-GROWN
  Having an enlarged liver. Dunglison.
• OVERGROW
  1. To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank. The green . . . is rough and overgrown. Sir W. Scott. 2. To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress.
• MOSS-GROWN
  Overgrown with moss.
• UNDERGROW
  To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height. Wyclif.
• WOOLGROWER
  One who raises sheep for the production of wool. -- Wool"grow`ing, n.