Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The cypress-vine, Ipomæa Quamoclit.
- noun [capitalized] A section of the genus Ipomæa, including the cypress-vine, formerly regarded as a genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine (
Quamoclit vulgaris , now calledIpomœa Quamoclit ). The genus is now merged in Ipomœa.
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At Bencoolen the same appellation is familiarly applied to the bunga tali-tali (Ipomoea quamoclit), a beautiful, little, monopetalous flower, divided into five angular segments, and closing at sunset.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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