muscadine/ˈmʌskədiːn/EtymologyUncertain, but probably from muscadel, muscatel, + -ine.nounAn American vine of the subgenus Vitis subg. Muscadinia, Vitis rotundifoliaA grape variety from this vine.A wine produced from these grapes.“All black wines, over-hot, compound, strong, thick drinks, as muscadine, malmsey, alicant, rumney, brown bastard, metheglin, and the like […]”