vitis : Idioms & Phrases


genus vitis

  • noun the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes
    Vitis.
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vaccinium vitis-idaea

  • noun low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
    lingenberry; lingberry; lingonberry; mountain cranberry; foxberry; cowberry.
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vitis labrusca

  • noun native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes
    fox grape.
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vitis rotundifolia

  • noun native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties
    muscadine.
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vitis vinifera

  • noun common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes
    vinifera; vinifera grape; common grape vine.
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