ampelopsis

American  

[am-puh-lop-sis] / ˌæm pəˈlɒp sɪs /

noun

1. any climbing, woody vine or shrub belonging to the genus Ampelopsis, of the grape family, having small greenish flowers and inedible berries.

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ampelopsis British  

/ ˌæmpɪˈlɒpsɪs /

noun

1. any woody vine of the vitaceous genus Ampelopsis, of tropical and subtropical Asia and America

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Etymology

Origin of ampelopsis

1803; < New Latin < Greek ámpel ( os ) grapevine + ópsis -opsis

Example Sentences

Michael turned round into the Broad where the fog made mysterious even the tea-tray gothic of Balliol, and Trinity with its municipal ampelopsis.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton

Between the slightly overcrowded urns and statues there were bright dashes of color, here of dahlias in full bloom, there of reddening garlands of ampelopsis or Virginia creeper.

From The Inner Shrine by King, Basil

They crossed the street to the rectory, an old-fashioned house nestling among the trees, the parapet and pillars of its broad veranda almost hidden by a heavy growth of ampelopsis.

From Charred Wood by Shepherd, J. Clinton

The garden is charming with flower-beds and grass plots, while the vine and the ampelopsis climb over the old building.

From Westminster The Fascination of London by Smith, A. Murray, Mrs.

The ecclesiastical people were like the ampelopsis at Trinity: they were highly colored, but so inappropriate to Oxford, that they seemed almost vulgar.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton