moonseed
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Noun (1)
- plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seedsType of vineKinds common moonseed, Carolina moonseedMember of Menispermaceae, family Menispermaceae
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Moon′seed′ noun
Botany A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; — so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54