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Etymology · Ancient Greek

κισσός

2 English words descend from Ancient Greek κισσός, most common first.

cissusAny of the genus Cissus of woody vines.
cissoidAny of a family of curves defined as the locus of a point, P, on a line from a given fixed point and intersecting two given curves, C₁ and C₂, where the distance along the line from C₁ to P remains constant and equal to the distance from P to C₂.