Fox grape Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes
    Vitis labrusca.
  2. 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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Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913