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Named after the area where they were first grown.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Niagara grape
Today it means: A large, juicy, sweet-smelling, green North American grape which has a pleasant, foxy flavour; a variety of Vitis labrusca which is eaten and used in the production of wines, jams, and white grape juice, but which is a poor shipping grape. Full definition →