grape·vine /ˈgrepˌvaɪn/
 葡萄藤,葡萄樹,祕密情報網


 Grape·vine n. Bot. A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes.
 Note: ☞ The common grapevine of the Old World is Vitis vinifera, and is a native of Central Asia. Another variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly called Zante currants. The northern Fox grape of the United States is the V. Labrusca, from which, by cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The southern Fox grape, or Muscadine, is the V. vulpina. The Frost grape is V. cordifolia, which has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early frosts.

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 grapevine
      n 1: gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their
           affair was spread by word of mouth" [syn: pipeline, {word
           of mouth]
      2: any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters
         of edible berries [syn: grape]