Concord grape

Concord grape

n.

A cultivated variety of the fox grape having dark blue to purple-black skin, used for making jelly, juice, and wine.

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[After ConcordMassachusetts.]

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Concord grape

(ˈkɒŋkəd; ˈkɒnkɔːd)

n

(Brewing) a variety of grape with purple-black fruit covered with a bluish bloom

[C19: discovered at Concord, Mass.]

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Noun

1.

Concord grape - slipskin grape; a purple table grape of the northeastern United States fox grape - purplish-black wild grape of the eastern United States with tough skins that slip easily from the flesh; cultivated in many varieties

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