tropical climbing plant with brilliant flowers
• (n.) Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine (Quamoclit vulgaris, now called Ipomoea Quamoclit). The genus is now merged in Ipomoea.
Quam'o·clit noun [ Greek ... a bean + ... to bend, to slope.] (Botany) Formerly, a genus of plants including the cypress vine ( Quamoclit vulgaris , now called Ipomœa Quamoclit ). The genus is now merged in Ipomœa. 
Quamoclit is a genus of climbing ornamental plants of the family Convolvulaceae.