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ampelopsis

/am-puh-lop-sis/US // ˌæm pəˈlɒp sɪs //UK // (ˌæmpɪˈlɒpsɪs) //

蝾螈,安培兰,拟南芥,拟南芥子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any climbing, woody vine or shrub belonging to the genus Ampelopsis, of the grape family, having small greenish flowers and inedible berries.

Examples

  • The plants, too, are often charming, and one frequently sees a single trail of ampelopsis flung across the grey boulders.

  • The Boston ivy or the Japanese ampelopsis may be used, unless the location is very bleak.

  • The garden is charming with flower-beds and grass plots, while the vine and the ampelopsis climb over the old building.

  • It feeds on vine (Vitis vinifera) and yellow bedstraw (Galium verum); also on fuchsia and virginia-creeper (Ampelopsis).

  • Its foliage is smaller than that of the native Ampelopsis, and it is far less rampant in growth, though a free grower.