English▸ noun [mass noun] a variety of grape obtained from a wild vine native to the eastern US. Αlso called fox grape,, Isabella:
[as modifier] labrusca grapes.
Vitis labrusca, family Vitaceae.
▪ a wine made from the labrusca grape.
– ORIGIN Latin, denoting a wild vine, adopted in scientific Latin as a specific epithet in Vitis labrusca.