vitis (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Vitis*:
NOUN	plant	Vitis, genus Vitis	the type genus of the family Vitaceae

English > *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.
Synonym	genus Vitis
Member of	Vitaceae, family Vitaceae, Vitidaceae, grapevine family	A family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales
Members	fox grape, Vitis labrusca	Native grape of northeastern United States
	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
Spanish	genus vitis, vitis
Catalan	genus vitis, Vinya, vitis

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