Anamirta

noun

An·​a·​mir·​ta

ˌanəˈmərtə

: a genus of East Indian woody vines (family Menispermaceae) having dioecious flowers and very numerous stamens see cocculus indicus

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, from an- an- + Sanskrit amṛtā, the plant Tinospora cordifolia (similar to Anamirta), noun derivative from feminine of amṛta literally, "immortal," from a-, privative suffix + mṛa "dead, mortal"

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined above

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