moonseed

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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

    Heceleme

    moon·seed

    Telaffuz

    Etimoloji

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