Précoce is a French term meaning precocial but which when used in viticulture is a term for `early ripening`. This term is used in the names (or synonyms) of a number of more-or-less early ripening grape varieties. Grape varieties with `Précoce` as part of their name include: ...
• (a.) Precocious.
Pre·coce' adjective [ French précoce .] Precocious. [ Obsolete]