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noun
A twining plant of the genera Menispermum or Cocculus, in the family Menispermaceae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: vine
Narrower terms: common moonseed, Canada moonseed, yellow parilla, Menispermum canadense, Carolina moonseed, Cocculus carolinus
History
Calque of translingual Menispermum, first attested in 1739. By surface analysis, moon + seed, in reference to the crescent shape of their seeds.
Across languages
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