moonseedn.

Brit.

/ˈmuːnsiːd/, U.S.

/ˈmunˌsid/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: moon n.¹, seed n.

Etymology: < moon n.¹ + seed n., after scientific Latin Menispermum (see menisperm n.).

Any plant of or formerly belonging to the genus Menispermum (family Menispermaceae), comprising woody lianas with crescent-shaped seeds; esp. (a) M. canadense of eastern North America; (b) (more fully Carolina moonseed, red-berried moonseed) Cocculus carolinus of the south-eastern United States.

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1739 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. II Menispermum, Moon-seed.

1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 86 Menispermum carolinum. Carolinian Moonseed. This is much smaller than the other [sc. M. canadense], scarcely becoming shrubby.

1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 547 Menispermum Canadense. Canadian Moon Seed... M. Virginicum. Virginian Moon Seed.

1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §746 Menispermaceæ, the Moon-seed Family.

1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. (1866) 95 The rudiments of pistils are often found in the sterile blossom, and rudimentary stamens in the fertile blossom, as in Moonseed.

1900 A. B. Lyons Plant Names 88 C[ebatha] Carolina... Carolina or red-berried moonseed.

1911 G. Stratton-Porter Harvester xix. 300 She..made drawings of cohosh, moonseed and bloodroot.

1920 C. F. Saunders Useful Wild Plants U.S. & Canada 242 Noxious berries that sometimes tempt children to their sorrow are those of the Moonseed.

1951 J. Voss & V. S. Eifert Illinois Wild Flowers 135 It is a perfect crescent moon three-eighths of an inch in diameter, rough and ridged the seed of the moonseed vine.

1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 289 [Cocculus] carolinus... Carolina moonseed, red m[oonseed], red-berried m[oonseed].

1990 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 117 70/2 Also along the trail were several specimens of Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) near the northern limit of its range, and Canada Moonseed (Menispermum canadense).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moonseed
释义	moonseedn. Brit. /ˈmuːnsiːd/, U.S. /ˈmunˌsid/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: moon n.¹, seed n. Etymology: < moon n.¹ + seed n., after scientific Latin Menispermum (see menisperm n.). Any plant of or formerly belonging to the genus Menispermum (family Menispermaceae), comprising woody lianas with crescent-shaped seeds; esp. (a) M. canadense of eastern North America; (b) (more fully Carolina moonseed, red-berried moonseed) Cocculus carolinus of the south-eastern United States. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Menispermaceae (moonseed) > [noun] moonseed1739 menispermad1846 menispermal1846 menisperm1855 1739 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. II Menispermum, Moon-seed. 1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 86 Menispermum carolinum. Carolinian Moonseed. This is much smaller than the other [sc. M. canadense], scarcely becoming shrubby. 1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 547 Menispermum Canadense. Canadian Moon Seed... M. Virginicum. Virginian Moon Seed. 1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §746 Menispermaceæ, the Moon-seed Family. 1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. (1866) 95 The rudiments of pistils are often found in the sterile blossom, and rudimentary stamens in the fertile blossom, as in Moonseed. 1900 A. B. Lyons Plant Names 88 C[ebatha] Carolina... Carolina or red-berried moonseed. 1911 G. Stratton-Porter Harvester xix. 300 She..made drawings of cohosh, moonseed and bloodroot. 1920 C. F. Saunders Useful Wild Plants U.S. & Canada 242 Noxious berries that sometimes tempt children to their sorrow are those of the Moonseed. 1951 J. Voss & V. S. Eifert Illinois Wild Flowers 135 It is a perfect crescent moon three-eighths of an inch in diameter, rough and ridged the seed of the moonseed vine. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 289 [Cocculus] carolinus... Carolina moonseed, red m[oonseed], red-berried m[oonseed]. 1990 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 117 70/2 Also along the trail were several specimens of Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) near the northern limit of its range, and Canada Moonseed (Menispermum canadense). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1739
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