grape family

American  

noun

1. the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.

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Example Sentences

He came from a citrus and grape family that arrived in Tustin in 1874 and founded Utt Juice Co.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2018

The so-called English or Zante currant belongs to the grape family, and is the dried fruit of a vine which grows in the Ionian Islands and yields a very small berry.

From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.