| fox grape n. A wild grape (Vitis labrusca) of the eastern United States that bears purplish-black berries and is the source of many cultivated grape varieties. Also called skunk grape. |
fox grape
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a common wild grape, Vitis labrusca of the northern US, having purplish-black fruit and woolly leaves: the source of many cultivated grapes, including the catawba
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| Noun | 1. |  fox grape - native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapesfox grape - purplish-black wild grape of the eastern United States with tough skins that slip easily from the flesh; cultivated in many varieties genus Vitis, Vitis - the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes grape vine, grapevine, grape - any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries |
| 2. | fox grape - purplish-black wild grape of the eastern United States with tough skins that slip easily from the flesh; cultivated in many varieties Concord grape - slipskin grape; a purple table grape of the northeastern United States Catawba - slipskin grape; a reddish American table grape slipskin grape - a grape whose skin slips readily from the pulp fox grape, Vitis labrusca - native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes |
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