grapelike en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English grape Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English grapelike From grape + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling or characteristic of a grape (the fruit, a bunch thereof, or the plant).
a grapelike fruit
a grapelike plant
Caption: This is a fossilized leaf of Vitis stantonii, a grapelike plant from the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota. [Scientist Benjamin Blonder] is especially interested in the venation network of each leaf, because veins may be a very good proxy for temperature via their role in constraining leaf water usage. "Fortunately many fossils have exquisite preservation of veins," he said.
2014 September 16, University of Arizona, “News Release: Meteorite that doomed dinosaurs remade forests”, in EurekAlert, American Association for the Advancement of Science, retrieved 07 Nov 2024:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most grapelike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more grapelike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |