grapevine

Words with a similar base: grapevine

'grapevine'

[grapevine.n.01] as in: gossip spread by spoken communication

Examples:
the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth

'grapevine'

[grape.n.02] as in: any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries

Origins

					grapevine (English)
├── grape (English)
│   └── grape (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── grape (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
└── vine (English)
    └── vigne (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── vinea (Latin)
            └── vinum (Latin)

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