Ampelopsisn.
/ˌampᵻˈlɒpsɪs/, U.S. /ˌæmpəˈlɑpsəs/ Botany.
Any of several climbing shrubs of (or formerly included in) the genus Ampelopsis (family Vitaceae), native to eastern Asia and eastern North America and frequently cultivated as ornamentals for their colourful speckled berries; occasionally with distinguishing word. Also (in form Ampelopsis): the genus itself.Cf. pepper vine n. (b) at pepper n. Compounds 2, Virginia creeper n. at Virginia n. Compounds 1b.
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woodbine1624
Virginia vine1629
staff-tree1633
Virginia creeper?1703
climbing vine1760
mayflower1778
pepper vine1783
arbutus1785
trailing arbutus1785
pipe vine1803
Ampelopsis1805
ground-laurel1814
waxwork1818
ivory plum1828
fever twig1830
yerba buena1847
mountain pink1850
New England mayflower1855
creeping snowberry1856
Virginian creeper1856
May blossom1871
sand verbena1880
staff-vine1884
1805 Ann. Bot. 1 561 Hedera quinquefolia L. and Vitis arborea, are combined in a new genus called Ampelopsis.
1807 J. Donn Hortus Cantab. (ed. 4) 49 Ampelopsis. heart-leaved. N. America.
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 176 Ampelopsis..is commonly employed for covering old walls, for which the rapidity of its growth renders it very suitable.
1919 U. P. Hedrick Man. Amer. Grape-growing xvii. 309 Species of Ampelopsis and Cissus bear fruits with pulp so scant that the berries are inedible.
1961 Amateur Gardening 30 Sept. (Suppl.) 3/2 Most of the ampelopsis are hardy climbers related to the Virginia Creepers.
2013 @HovetonHall 16 Oct. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) These fruits on our Ampelopsis look great—almost like sugared candy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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