ampelopsis

See also Ampelopsis

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Modern Latin genus name, from Ancient Greek ἄμπελος (“vine”) + ὄψις (“appearance”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ampɪˈlɒpsɪs/

Noun

ampelopsis (plural ampelopsis)

1. (botany) A vine of the genus Ampelopsis
   • 1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann's Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 417:

     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.