moonseed

English

fruit and seed of a Canadian moonseed (Menispermum canadense)

Etymology

Calque of translingual Menispermum, first attested in 1739. By surface analysis, moon +‎ seed, in reference to the crescent shape of their seeds.

Noun

moonseed (plural moonseeds)

1. A twining plant of the genera Menispermum or Cocculus, in the family Menispermaceae.

Derived terms

• Asian moonseed (Menispermum dauricum)
• Canadian moonseed (Menispermum canadense)
• Daurian moonseed (Menispermum dauricum)
• heart-leaved moonseed (Tinospora cordifolia)

Translations

Twining plant of genus Menispermum

• Finnish: kilpikierto (fi)
• German: Mondsamen m
• Russian: луносемянник m (lunosemjannik)

References

• moonseed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Menispermaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Menispermaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• endosome