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FOX GRAPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fox grape mean? 

FOX GRAPE (noun)
  The noun FOX GRAPE has 2 senses:

1. native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapesplay

2. purplish-black wild grape of the eastern United States with tough skins that slip easily from the flesh; cultivated in many varietiesplay

  Familiarity information: FOX GRAPE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOX GRAPE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fox grape; Vitis labrusca

Hypernyms ("fox grape" is a kind of...):

grape; grape vine; grapevine (any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries)

Meronyms (parts of "fox grape"):

fox grape (purplish-black wild grape of the eastern United States with tough skins that slip easily from the flesh; cultivated in many varieties)

Holonyms ("fox grape" is a member of...):

genus Vitis; Vitis (the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Purplish-black wild grape of the eastern United States with tough skins that slip easily from the flesh; cultivated in many varieties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("fox grape" is a kind of...):

slipskin grape (a grape whose skin slips readily from the pulp)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fox grape"):

Concord grape (slipskin grape; a purple table grape of the northeastern United States)

Catawba (slipskin grape; a reddish American table grape)

Holonyms ("fox grape" is a part of...):

fox grape; Vitis labrusca (native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes)


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