"moonseed" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: moonseeds [plural]
Etymology: moon + seed, in reference to the crescent shape of their black fruits. Likely a calque of translingual Menispermum or vice versa. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|moon|seed}} moon + seed, {{calque|en|mul|Menispermum|nocap=1}} calque of translingual Menispermum Head templates: {{en-noun}} moonseed (plural moonseeds)
  1. A twining plant of the genera Menispermum or Cocculus, in the family Menispermaceae. Categories (lifeform): Ranunculales order plants Derived forms: Asian moonseed (taxonomic: Menispermum dauricum), Canadian moonseed (taxonomic: Menispermum canadense), Daurian moonseed (taxonomic: Menispermum dauricum), heart-leaved moonseed (taxonomic: Tinospora cordifolia) Translations (Twining plant of genus Menispermum): kilpikierto (Finnish), Mondsamen [masculine] (German), луносемянник (lunosemjannik) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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