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quamoclit(dictionary)

impecunious (oh) and quamoclit (medicine)


impecunious (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: pecunious 'rich' (14-19 centuries), from Latin pecunia 'money']
having very little money, especially over a long period - sometimes used humorously
::He came from a respectable if impecunious family.
-- impecuniously adv
-- impecuniousness n [U]

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