"cissus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cissuses [plural], cissus [plural], cissi [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Cissus, from Latin cissus and Ancient Greek κισσός (kissós). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|mul|Cissus}} Borrowed from translingual Cissus, {{der|en|la|cissus}} Latin cissus, {{der|en|grc|κισσός}} Ancient Greek κισσός (kissós) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|cissuses|cissus|cissi}} cissus (countable and uncountable, plural cissuses or cissus or cissi)
  1. Any of the genus Cissus of woody vines. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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