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moonseed|ˈmuːnsiːd| [f. moon n.1 + seed n., after mod.L. mēnispermum (badly f. Gr. µήν moon, σπέρµα seed).] A plant of the genus Menispermum (having lunate seeds).
1739Miller Gard. Dict. II, Menispermum, Moon-seed. 1822Hortus Anglicus II. 547 Menispermum Canadense. Canadian Moon Seed... M. Virginicum. Virginian Moon Seed. 1857Gray First Less. Bot. (1866) 95 The rudiments of pistils are often found in the sterile blossom, and rudimentary stamens in the fertile blossom, as in Moonseed. attrib.1849Balfour Man. Bot. §746 Menispermaceæ, the Moon-seed Family. |