MOONSEED

Meaning of MOONSEED in English

/moohn"seed'/ , n.

1. any climbing plant of the genus Menispermum, having greenish-white flowers and crescent-shaped seeds.

2. See Carolina moonseed .

[ 1730-40; MOON + SEED ]

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MOONSEED — noun Date: 1739 a twining plant ( Menispermum canadense of the family Menispermaceae, the ~ family) of eastern North America …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOONSEED — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a plant of the genus Menispermum having crescent-shaped seeds and bluish black fruits — see carolina moonseed
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOONSEED — (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
Английский словарь Webster
MOONSEED — ( n. ) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOONSEED — n. any of several types of flowering vines bearing red or black fruit
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MOONSEED — noun Date: 1739 : a twining plant ( Menispermum canadense of the family Menispermaceae, the moonseed family) of eastern North …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOONSEED — noun a climbing plant of the genus menispermum; so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
Webster English vocab
MOONSEED — [moon.seed] n (1739): a twining plant (Menispermum canadense of the family Menispermaceae, the moonseed family) of eastern No. America that …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOONSEED — either of two species of woody vines constituting the genus Menispermum of the family Menispermaceae. They occur in East Asia, …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOONSEED — бот. луносемянник (Menispermum)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
MOONSEED — бот. луносемянник ( Menispermum )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
MOONSEED — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ s ē d Function: noun Date: 1739 : a twining plant ( Menispermum canadense of the …
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MOONSEED FAMILY — noun : menispermaceae
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAROLINA MOONSEED — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : a woody vine ( Cocculus carolinus ) of the southern United States resembling the …
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CANADIAN MOONSEED — noun Usage: usually capitalized C 1. : canada moonseed 2. : yellow parilla 2
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CANADA MOONSEED — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : a woody vine ( Menispermum canadense ) of eastern No. America with large oval …
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CAROLINA MOONSEED — a twining woody vine, Cocculus carolinus, of the southeastern U.S., having inconspicuous flowers and showy, red fruit. [ 1775-85, Amer. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CANADA MOONSEED — a vine, Menispermum canadense, of eastern North America, having variable leaves and black, grapelike fruit. Also called yellow parilla .
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COCCULUS — I. -ləs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, literally, small berry, from cocc- + -ulus : a small genus of …
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YELLOW SARSAPARILLA — noun : canada moonseed
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YELLOW PARILLA — -pəˈrilə noun Etymology: yellow (I) + sarsa parilla : canada moonseed
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VINE MAPLE — noun 1. : a maple ( Acer circinatum ) of northwestern No. America having often prostrate stems that root freely …
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SNAIL-SEED — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : carolina moonseed
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MENISPERMUM — ˌmenəˈspərməm noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from meni- (from Greek mēnē moon) + -spermum (from Greek sperma seed) — …
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CORAL BEAD — noun 1. : jequirity bean 2. : the red fruit of the Carolina moonseed ; also : carolina moonseed
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MENISPERMIC — (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, moonseed (Menispermum), or other plants of the same family, as the Anamirta Cocculus.
Английский словарь Webster
MENISPERMACEOUS — (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Menispermace/) of climbing plants of which moonseed (Menispermum) is the type.
Английский словарь Webster
MENISPERMIC — ( a. ) Pertaining to, or obtained from, moonseed (Menispermum), or other plants of the same family, as the Anamirta …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MENISPERMACEOUS — ( a. ) Pertaining to a natural order (Menispermace/) of climbing plants of which moonseed (Menispermum) is the type.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
YELLOW PARILLA. — See Canada moonseed .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MENISPERMIC — adj pertaining to, or obtained from, moonseed (menispermum), or other plants of the same family, as the anamirta cocculus.
Webster English vocab
RANUNCULALES — buttercup order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the subclass Magnoliidae. The order contains 8 families, 167 genera, and …
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