Noun: fox grape fóks greyp
- Native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes
"Fox grapes were harvested to make traditional jellies";
- Vitis labrusca
- Purplish-black wild grape of the eastern United States with tough skins that slip easily from the flesh; cultivated in many varieties
"The fox grapes gave the homemade wine a distinct, musky flavour"
Derived forms: fox grapes
Type of: grape, grape vine, grapevine, slipskin grape
Part of: genus Vitis, Vitis
Encyclopedia: Fox grape