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moonseed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun moonseed has 1 sense
- moonseed(n = noun.plant) Array - plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds; Array is a member of family menispermaceae, menispermaceae, moonseed family
has particulars: canada moonseed, common moonseed, menispermum canadense, yellow parilla, carolina moonseed, cocculus carolinus
is a kind of vine
CIDE DICTIONARY
moonseed, n.
A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum ; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds. [1913 Webster]
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