sea grape

noun

Definition of SEA GRAPE

: a tree (Coccoloba uvifera) of the buckwheat family that inhabits sandy shores from Florida to South America, has rounded leaves, and bears clusters of purple to whitish edible berries

First Known Use of SEA GRAPE

1806

Rhymes with SEA GRAPE

broomrape, cloudscape, date rape, escape, fox grape, gang rape, great ape, landscape, man ape, moonscape, North Cape, red tape, reshape, seascape, shipshape, snowscape, streetscape, take shape, townscape, transshape, undrape, waveshape

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