Fox grape Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes
Vitis labrusca.
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noun 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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(Bot.) , the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape (Vitis Labrusca ) is the origin of the varieties called Isabella, Concord, Hartford, etc., and the southern fox grape (Vitis vulpina ) has produced the Scuppernong, and probably the Catawba.