English > genus Vitis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | The type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes. |
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| Synonym | Vitis |
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| Member of | Vitaceae, family Vitaceae, Vitidaceae, grapevine family | A family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales |
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| Members | fox grape, Vitis labrusca | Native grape of northeastern United States |
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| grape, grapevine, grape vine | Any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries |
| muscadine, Vitis rotundifolia | Native grape of southeastern United States |
| vinifera, vinifera grape, common grape vine, Vitis vinifera | Common European grape cultivated in many varieties |
| Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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| Spanish | genus vitis, vitis |
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| Catalan | genus vitis, Vinya, vitis |
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