"grapevine" in the noun sense
1. grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth
gossip spread by spoken communication
"the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"
2. grape, grapevine, grape vine
any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
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