grapevine
noun
grape·vine
ˈgrāp-ˌvīn 
1
2
a
: an informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip
heard it through the grapevine
b
: a secret source of information
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Despite experts insisting the region was too cold for commercial wine grapes, Edward O’Keefe Jr. sold his metro Detroit nursing home business and moved to Old Mission Peninsula to open Chateau Grand Traverse, the state’s first large-scale vineyard to grow traditional grapevines.
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Alexandra Gillespie, AFAR Media, 23 June 2025
Braiding The braiding exercise—sometimes called the grapevine or karaoke exercise—is an advanced balance activity.
—Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 16 June 2025
In the sites older than 1000 BCE, nearly all of the grape seeds share the size and proportions of modern wild grapevines.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
After the European Community decided to reduce low quality, high yield wine production in the 1980’s, the number of grapevines diminished from 8.5 square miles in area (2,200 hectares) to today’s 500 acres (200 hectares) on Sant’Antioco.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
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Alexandra Gillespie, AFAR Media, 23 June 2025
Braiding The braiding exercise—sometimes called the grapevine or karaoke exercise—is an advanced balance activity.
—Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 16 June 2025
In the sites older than 1000 BCE, nearly all of the grape seeds share the size and proportions of modern wild grapevines.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2025
After the European Community decided to reduce low quality, high yield wine production in the 1980’s, the number of grapevines diminished from 8.5 square miles in area (2,200 hectares) to today’s 500 acres (200 hectares) on Sant’Antioco.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
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“Grapevine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grapevine. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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grapevine
noun
grape·vine
ˈgrāp-ˌvīn
1
2
: an unofficial means of spreading information or gossip from person to person
Geographical Definition
Grapevine
geographical name
Grape·vine
ˈgrāp-ˌvīn
city in northern Texas northeast of Fort Worth population 46,334
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