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quamoclit
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quamoclit, n. [Gr. a bean + to bend, to slope.].
Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine (Quamoclit vulgaris , now called Ipomœa Quamoclit ). The genus is now merged in Ipomœa. [1913 Webster]
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