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English
Etymology
From Middle English vyne-tre (modified after vine (“grapevine”)), from Old English wīntrēow, from Proto-Germanic *wīnatrewą, equivalent to vine + tree.
Pronunciation
Noun
vinetree (plural vinetrees)
- (rare, archaic) A grapevine.
1753, Gloceſter Ridley, “Book VII”, in The Life of Dr. Nicholas Ridley ſometime Biſhop of London , page 496:Here note, how Chriſt calleth planely his Cup the fruit of the vinetree; but the fruit of the vinetree is very natural wine […]
1839, Jonathan Edwards, The Works of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.: With an Essay on His Genius and Writings, volume 2, page 125:The visible church of God is here compared to the vine-tree, as is evident by God's own explanation of the allegory, in ver, 6–8.
Usage notes
Maintained in occasional referential usage due to its use in the 1611 King James Bible; compare emerod.