any of several purple or white wine grapes used especially for Burgundies and champagnes
plant noun (plants and fungi)
Pinot grapes
variant of earlier Pineau, diminutive of pin "pine" (because of the shape of the...
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a Burgundian grape family. Pinot Blanc ; Pinot Gris ; Pinot Meunier ; Pinot Noir ; Pinot Noir Précoce ; Red-berried Pinot vines are known to not synthesize acetylated or para-coumaroylated anthocyanins, as other grape varieties do, only glucosylated ... (39 of 79 words)
any of several European and northern American grape varieties used to make wine | any wine produced from a Pinot variety of grape, such as a Pinot ... (26 of 376 words, 2 definitions, 8 usage examples, pronunciation)
any of several varieties of wine grape, especially the chief varieties Pinot Noir, a black grape, and Pinot Blanc, a white grape. | a wine made from ... (26 of 49 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes. | a red ... (25 of 43 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes ... (23 of 301 words)
a common European grape that is the chief source of Old World wine and table grape varieties (17 of 45 words, pronunciation)
designating or of the most widely cultivated species of grape used for making wine (14 of 39 words, pronunciation)
Origin: variant of earlier Pineau, diminutive of pin "pine" (because of the shape of the grape cluster)
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