scuppernong

Meaning

Noun

• A large greenish-bronze grape native to the Southeastern United States, a variety of the muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia (species)).
• A sweet, golden or amber-colored US wine made from this variety of grape.

Origin

• Named after the Scuppernong River and Lake in North Carolina near which the grapes were first found and cultivated. Probably from an Algonquian word. Both senses, "grape" and "wine", are first found in documents from the 1800s-1820s.