Definition of Anamirta
:a genus of East Indian woody vines (family Menispermaceae) having dioecious flowers and very numerous stamens — see cocculus indicus
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Anamirta
noun
An·a·mir·ta
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ˌanəˈmərtə
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Origin and Etymology of anamirta
borrowed from New Latin, from an-an- + Sanskrit amṛtā, the plant Tinospora cordifolia (similiar to Anamirta), noun derivative from feminine of amṛta literally, “immortal,” from a-, privative suffix + mṛa “dead, mortal”
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