moonseed

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Definition of moonseed in English English dictionary: A twining plant of the genus Menispermum, eponymous of the Menispermae or moonseed family
The crescent-shaped (hence their name) moonseeds bear black fruits.; {n} a species of plant; {i} any of several types of flowering vines bearing red or black fruit; plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds; A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds
carolina moonseed: woody vine of southeastern United States resembling the common moonseed but having red fruits
common moonseed: a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits

moonseed

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moon·seed

[ -"sEd ] (noun.) 1739. Germanic: moon + seed; parallel to the cognate, yet non-synonymous Dutch maanzaad

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