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

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

For often one sees festooned from one rotted tree to another the ampelopsis vine.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy

The tendency has been towards using the hardy vines, of which the ampelopsis, or Virginia creeper, is one of the most common.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

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 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