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raisin Workers load large bins full of green grapes onto a trailer during grape harvest in a vineyard in Sremska Kamenica, Vojvodina, Serbia. Rows of grapevines stretch into the background.
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grape Clusters of dark purple fox grapes, Vitis labrusca, hanging from a vine with broad green leaves. Clusters of ripe red grapes hang from vines among green leaves in a vineyard.
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Concord grapes Concord grapes (Vitis labrusca) ripening on the vine.

Grape

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Also known as: Vitis
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Grape, (genus Vitis), genus of about 60 to 80 species of vining plants in the family Vitaceae, native to the north temperate zone, including varieties that may be eaten as table fruit, dried to produce raisins, or crushed to make grape juice or wine. The grape is usually a woody vine, climbing by means of tendrils (modified branches) and when untrained often reaching a length of 17 metres (56 feet) or more. In arid regions...

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