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am⋅pe⋅lop⋅sis

   [am-puh-lop-sis]
–noun
any climbing, woody vine or shrub belonging to the genus Ampelopsis, of the grape family, having small greenish flowers and inedible berries.
Origin:
1803; < NL < Gk ámpel(os) grapevine + ópsis -opsis
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Ampelopsis

Am`pe*lop"sis\ ([a^]m`p[-e]*l[o^]p"s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`mpelos vine + 'o`psis appearance.] (Bot.) A genus formerly including the Virginia creeper.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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