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