Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - grape

 noun  Usage: often attributive  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~ ~ stalk, bunch of ~s, ~, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German krapfo hook  Date: 14th century  1. a smooth-skinned juicy greenish-white to deep red or purple berry eaten dried or fresh as a fruit or fermented to produce wine  2. any of numerous woody vines (genus Vitis of the family Vitaceae, the ~ family) that usually climb by tendrils, produce clustered fruits that are ~s, and are nearly cosmopolitan in cultivation  3. ~shot  • ~like adjective