a variety of grape with purple-black fruit covered with a bluish bloom
Word origin
C19: discovered at Concord, Mass.
Concord grape in American English
(ˈkɑŋkərd, ˈkɑnkɔrd, ˈkɑŋ-)
noun
a cultivated variety of the fox grape, Vitis labrusca, used in making jelly, juice, and wine
Word origin
[1855–60, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, keyword, output, pickup, superheat