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cissus

cissus noun: any of the genus Cissus of woody vines.

Noun

cissus (countable and uncountable, plural cissuses or cissus or cissi)

  1. Any of the genus Cissus of woody vines.
    • He had identified a cestrum, a malpighia, and a climbing vine he suspected was a cissus when Dorrie and Gerry came across the terrace and pulled up deck chairs on either side of him.2016, Joan Hess, The Deadly Ackee

Forms of cissus

pluralcissuses
pluralcissus
pluralcissi

Origin of cissus

Borrowed from translingual Cissus, from Latin cissus and Ancient Greek κισσός (kissós).

Questions about cissus

What does cissus mean?
Cissus means any of the genus Cissus of woody vines.
What part of speech is cissus?
Cissus is a noun.
What is the plural of cissus?
The plural of cissus is cissuses.

Words near cissus in the dictionary

  1. cissplaining
  2. cissplains
  3. CISSPs
  4. cissupremacist
  5. cissupremacy
  6. cissus
  7. cissuses
  8. cissy
  9. cist
  10. CISTA
  11. cistaceous

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