MOONSEED
Dictionary entry overview: What does moonseed mean? • MOONSEED (noun)
The noun MOONSEED has 1 sense:
1. plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds
Familiarity information: MOONSEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MOONSEED (noun)
Meaning:
Plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("moonseed" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moonseed"):
Canada moonseed; common moonseed; Menispermum canadense; yellow parilla (a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits)
Carolina moonseed; Cocculus carolinus (woody vine of southeastern United States resembling the common moonseed but having red fruits)
Holonyms ("moonseed" is a member of...):
family Menispermaceae; Menispermaceae; moonseed family (herbaceous or woody climbers)
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