ampelopsis
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ampelopsis
1803; < New Latin < Greek ámpel ( os ) grapevine + ópsis -opsis
Example Sentences
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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 J. Clinton Shepherd
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 Mrs. A. Murray Smith
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 Compton MacKenzie
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 L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
On the bosom of her dress was fixed a spray of brilliant ampelopsis leaves; it was her only ornament, but none could have been more striking.
From Stella Fregelius by Henry Rider Haggard
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