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GENUS VITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes
Synonyms:
genus Vitis; Vitis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Vitis" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Vitis"):
grape; grape vine; grapevine (any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries)
fox grape; Vitis labrusca (native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes)
muscadine; Vitis rotundifolia (native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties)
common grape vine; vinifera; vinifera grape; Vitis vinifera (common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes)
Holonyms ("genus Vitis" is a member of...):
family Vitaceae; grapevine family; Vitaceae; Vitidaceae (a family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales)
