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Plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds
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moonseed
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) A twining plant of the genus (taxlink Menispermum genus), eponymous of the Menispermae or moonseed family
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Moonseed \Moon"seed`\, n. (Bot.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum ; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Moonseed may refer to: Cocculus , a genus of woody vines and shrubs with the common name moonseed Menispermum , a genus of deciduous climbing woody vines with the common name moonseed Moonseed (novel) , a 1998 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds
Usage examples of moonseed.
I did slip a heavy dose of moonseed into it when DeWitt was busy checking the alley.
His most recent book is a collection, Vacuum Diagrams, and upcoming projects include new novels Moonseed and Mammoth, and a collaboration with Arthur C.
The spread rate of the Moonseed, from both primary and secondary infection sites, had reduced drastically as the Moonseed had sunk into the crust.
The best guess is that the old magma, broken up by the Moonseed, will be viscous, with a lot of trapped superheated steam.