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quamoclit(dictionary)

ortet (iou) and quamoclit (medicine)


ortet (iou)



ortet noun. E20.
[from Latin ortus origin + -ET1.]
Biology. The original organism (usu. a plant) from which a clone has been produced. Cf. RAMET.

quamoclit (medicine)


quamoclit
<botany> Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine (Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipomoea Quamoclit). The genus is now merged in Ipomoea.

Origin: Gr. A bean + to bend, to slope.

Source: Websters Dictionary