Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, natural order Vitaceæ, scarcely distinguishable from
Vitis (and united with it by Bentham and Hooker), except in having no conspicuous disk at the base of the ovary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus formerly including the Virginia creeper.
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- noun botany A
vine of the genus Ampelopsis
Etymologies
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Examples
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Elsewhere, again, might be seen the first awakening of this Maytime of the leaves, and those of an ampelopsis, a smiling miracle, like a red hawthorn flowering in winter, had that very morning all ‘come out,’ so to speak, in blossom.
Swann's Way 2003
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For often one sees festooned from one rotted tree to another the ampelopsis vine.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Ellen Eddy Shaw
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Gothic house next to St. Joseph's, a trim little Gothic house covered with the oiled curls of an ampelopsis still undyed by autumn's henna.
The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927
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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.
Charred Wood Francis Clement Kelley 1909
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The Japan ampelopsis (_A. tricuspidata_ or _Veitchii_) is a good clinging vine, growing very rapidly when once established, and brilliantly colored after the first fall frosts.
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The tendency has been towards using the hardy vines, of which the ampelopsis, or Virginia creeper, is one of the most common.
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Elsewhere, again, might be seen the first awakening of this Maytime of the leaves, and those of an ampelopsis, a smiling miracle, like a red hawthorn flowering in winter, had that very morning all 'come out,' so to speak, in blossom.
Swann's Way Marcel Proust 1896
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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.
The Inner Shrine Basil King 1893
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On the wall of a neighboring brick house, Virginia creeper and ampelopsis added fuel to the fire of surrounding color, while a maple in the middle distance blazed with all the hues that might have flamed in Moses's burning bush.
The Street Called Straight Basil King 1893
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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.
Stella Fregelius Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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