fox grape

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.

fox grape

n (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

fox′ grape`

n. a grape, Vitis labrusca, chiefly of the northeastern U.S., bearing dark, sweet, musky fruit.

Fox Grape

Vitus labrusca. A wild grape particularly attractive to foxes, raccoons, skunks, and opossums. Also known as Northern muscadine and swamp grape.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fox grape - native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapesVitis labruscafox grape - purplish-black wild grape of the eastern United States with tough skins that slip easily from the flesh; cultivated in many varietiesgenus Vitis, Vitis - the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapesgrape 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 varietiesConcord grape - slipskin grape; a purple table grape of the northeastern United StatesCatawba - slipskin grape; a reddish American table grapeslipskin grape - a grape whose skin slips readily from the pulpfox grape, Vitis labrusca - native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes