Grapevine vs Pumpkin - What's the difference?
grapevine | pumpkin |
The plant, a vine of genus Vitis , on which grapes grow.
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A rumor.
An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
(lb) A move in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other, while both remaining on the ice or ground, incorporating half-turns.
A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo , similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
* 1904 , , The Marvelous Land of Oz , [http://www.literature.org/authors/baum-l-frank/the-marvelous-land-of-oz/chapter-01.html]:
The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant.
(Australia) Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita''; ''known in the US as winter squash .
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* 1991', (John Prine), Pat McLaughlin, ''Daddy’s Little '''Pumpkin'' (song), '' :
As nouns the difference between grapevine and pumpkin
is that grapevine is the plant, a vine of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow while pumpkin is a domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.grapevine
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (informal person-to-person means of circulating information) bush telegraph, jungle telegraph, rumor millDerived terms
* grapevine knot * grapevine moth * grapevine weevil * hear something through the grapevinepumpkin
English
(wikipedia pumpkin)Alternative forms
* (sense) punkinNoun
(en noun)- There were pumpkins in Mombi’s corn-fields, lying golden red among the rows of green stalks; and these had been planted and carefully tended that the four-horned cow might eat of them in the winter time.
- You must be daddy’s little pumpkin .