English

Muscadines (red, small) and scuppernongs (green, large) in a bowl.

Noun

scuppernong ‎(plural scuppernongs)

1. A large greenish-bronze grape native to the Southeastern United States, a variety of the muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia).
2. A sweet, golden or amber-colored US wine made from this variety of grape.

Usage notes

• A great many alternative forms and pronunciations of this word are found. The most common, attested since the 1820s-40s, is scuppernon / scuppanon /ˈskʌp.ər.ˌnɔn/, /ˈskʌp.ə.ˌnɔn/. Scupperdine / scuppadine is also encountered; this is properly the name of a scuppernong-muscadine cross.

References

1. ↑ Bland Simpson and Ann Cary Simpson, in Into the Sound Country: A Carolinian's Coastal Plain, suggest "Askúponong"