Quamoclit \Quam"o*clit\, n. [Gr. ? a bean + ? to bend, to
slope.] (Bot.)
Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine
({Quamoclit vulgaris}, now called {Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit}). The
genus is now merged in Ipom[oe]a.
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