AMPELOPSIS (from Gr. aµtreXor ,

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• VINE

vine, and &lies,

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• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, as it resembles the

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• GRAPE

grape-vine in

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• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit)  , a genus of the vine order Ampelideae and nearly allied to the grape-vine . The plants are rapidly-growing, hardy, ornamental climbers, which flourish in common garden soil, and are readily propagated by cuttings . They climb by means of tendrils . A. quinquefolia, Virginian creeper, a native of North America, introduced. to Europe early in the 17th century, has palmately compound leaves with three to five leaflets . A. tricuspidata, better known as A . Veitchii, a more recent introduction (1868) from japan, has smaller leaves very variable in shape; it clings readily to stone or brick work by means of suckers at the ends of the branched tendrils .