I. -ləs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, literally, small berry, from cocc- + -ulus
: a small genus of slender woody vines (family Menispermaceae) with alternate leaves, paniculate flowers, and drupaceous fruits — see carolina moonseed
II. noun
or cocculus in·di·cus -ində̇kəs
( plural cocculus )
Etymology: New Latin cocculus indicus, from cocculus small berry + Latin indicus of India — more at indic
: the very poisonous bean-shaped berry of a woody vine ( Anamirta cocculus ) of the East Indies that yields picrotoxin and is used locally to stupefy fishes and in an ointment to control vermin