Meanings
- uncountablebeveragesThe discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
The mainstay of grapevine identification is the science of ampelography, and manuals of ampelography (Galet 1971) are the major resource for grapevine identification.
1993, Proceedings of the Eighth Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, Volume 8, Australian Wine Research Institute, page 782 more examples
She is the American apostle of Pierre Galet, a Frenchman whose internationally recognized contribution to ampelography, or the science of classifying grape vines, rests on identifying leaf design and the appearance of a vine's growing tips.
1986 August 6, Howard G. Goldberg, “Wine Talk”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page C18Scientists are just now devising a genetic test to distinguish one rootstock from another. Until they do, the only recourse is the arcane art of ampelography, in which the vines are identified by physical appearance. Like art authenticators, ampelographers practice a craft that they would have others think is a science.
1993 October 17, Arthur Lubow, “What's Killing the Grapevines of Napa?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Origin
- Frenchampélographie
- Englishampelography
From French ampélographie, from ampelo- (“vine”) + -graphy.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ампелография
- ампелография (ampelografija)science of grapevine cultivars
French ampélographie
- ampélographiescience of grapevine cultivars
German Ampelographie
- Ampelographiescience of grapevine cultivars
Italian ampelografia
- ampelografiascience of grapevine cultivars
Polish ampelografia
- ampelografiascience of grapevine cultivars
Portuguese ampelografia
- ampelografiascience of grapevine cultivars
Spanish ampelografía
- ampelografíascience of grapevine cultivars
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ampelography
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