ampelopsis

See also: Ampelopsis and ampélopsis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Ampelopsis, from Ancient Greek ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “appearance”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ampɪˈlɒpsɪs/

Noun

ampelopsis (plural ampelopsises)

1. 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.