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Ampelopsis quinquefolia
Virginia Vir*gin"i*a, n. One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. Virginia cowslip (Bot.), the American lungwort (Mertensia Virginica). Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also woodbine, and American ivy. [U. S.] Virginia fence. See Worm fence, under Fence. Virginia nightingale (Zo["o]l.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal. Virginia quail (Zo["o]l.), the bobwhite. Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. --Bartlett. Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock.
Ampelopsis quinquefolia
Glycolic Gly*col"ic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid. Glycolic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, HO.CH2.CO2H, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also hydroxyacetic acid.
Drosophila ampelopophila
Vinegar fly Vin"e*gar fly Any of several fruit flies, esp. Drosophila ampelopophila, which breed in imperfectly sealed preserves and in pickles.
Pelopium
Pelopium Pe*lo"pi*um, n. [NL., fr. L. Pelops, brother of Niobe, Gr. ?.] (Chem.) A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium.
Peloponnesian
Peloponnesian Pel`o*pon*ne"sian, a. [L. Peloponnesius, fr. Peloponnesus, Gr. ?, lit., the Island of Pelops; ?, ?, Pelops + ? an island.] Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of the Peloponnesus.

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- mythology, Pelops (/ˈpiːlɒps, ˈpɛlɒps/; Ancient Gr****: Πέλοψ, romanized: Pélops) was king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus region (Πελοπόννησος, lit. "Pelops' Island")...
- Pelops (Ancient Gr****: Πέλοψ) was an official in the third century Ptolemaic kingdom, son of Pelops, son of Alexander, who had himself been a Ptolemaic...
- refer to the following three figures: Pelops, king of Pisa and son of Tantalus Pelops, son of Agamemnon Pelops, an Egyptian prince and one of the sons...
- "Derveni Corinthia 1968: The fatal train accident that went down in history". pelop.gr. P. ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS I.K.E. Retrieved 29 March 2024. "Derveni...
- trěu̯s] lit. 'fearless') was a king of Mycenae in the Peloponnese, the son of Pelops and Hippodamia, and the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. His descendants...
- Pelops (Ancient Gr****: Πέλοψ), son of Alexander, was an official in Ptolemaic Egypt in the third century BC. Pelops came from Macedonia and became a 'Friend'...
- always receding before he could take a drink. Tantalus was the father of Pelops, Niobe, and Broteas. He was a son of Zeus or Tmolus and a woman named Pluto...
- **** son of Pelops, king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus, and the nymph Axioche or Danais. According to Pseudo-Plutarch, of all his children Pelops loved Chrysippus...
- who in some accounts helps Pelops win his chariot race, attempts to lie with Pelops's new bride Hippodamia. In anger, Pelops throws Myrtilus off a cliff...
- 8.77 Pelop soldiers anxious to fight, Astyochus unwilling to fight at sea. Tissaphernes fleet never arrives. 8.78 Athenians reinforced, Pelop unwilling...