ampelopsis

[ am-puh-lop-sis ]

noun

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

ampelopsis

/ ˌæmpɪˈlɒpsɪs /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ampelopsis¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ampelopsis¹

C19: from New Latin, from Greek ampelos grapevine

Example Sentences

The plants, too, are often charming, and one frequently sees a single trail of ampelopsis flung across the grey boulders.

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The Boston ivy or the Japanese ampelopsis may be used, unless the location is very bleak.

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

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It feeds on vine (Vitis vinifera) and yellow bedstraw (Galium verum); also on fuchsia and virginia-creeper (Ampelopsis).

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Its foliage is smaller than that of the native Ampelopsis, and it is far less rampant in growth, though a free grower.

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