- Canada moonseed
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a vine, Menispermum canadense, of eastern North America, having variable leaves and black, grapelike fruit. Also called yellow parilla.
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Canada moonseed
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Canada moonseed — noun a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue black fruits • Syn: ↑common moonseed, ↑yellow parilla, ↑Menispermum canadense • Hypernyms: ↑moonseed • Member Holonyms: ↑Menisper … Useful english dictionary
moonseed — noun plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent or ring shaped seeds • Hypernyms: ↑vine • Hyponyms: ↑common moonseed, ↑Canada moonseed, ↑yellow parilla, ↑Menispermum canadense, ↑Carolina moonseed, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
moonseed — /moohn seed /, n. 1. any climbing plant of the genus Menispermum, having greenish white flowers and crescent shaped seeds. 2. See Carolina moonseed. [1730 40; MOON + SEED] * * * ▪ plant any of three species of woody vines constituting the… … Universalium
Canada — second largest nation; Canada anemone, balsam, barberry, birch, blueberry, bluegrass, buffalo berry, field pea, fleabane, ginger, goose, hare, hemp. jay, l i l y, lymegrass, lynx, mayflower, mint, moonseed, pea, pitch, plum, potato, rockrose,… … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
common moonseed — noun a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue black fruits • Syn: ↑Canada moonseed, ↑yellow parilla, ↑Menispermum canadense • Hypernyms: ↑moonseed • Member Holonyms: ↑Menisper … Useful english dictionary
canadian moonseed — noun Usage: usually capitalized C 1. : canada moonseed 2. : yellow parilla 2 … Useful english dictionary
Menispermum canadense — Canadian Moonseed Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
yellow parilla — noun a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue black fruits • Syn: ↑common moonseed, ↑Canada moonseed, ↑Menispermum canadense • Hypernyms: ↑moonseed • Member Holonyms: ↑Menispe … Useful english dictionary
Menispermum — noun climbing herbs • Syn: ↑genus Menispermum • Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Menispermaceae, ↑family Menispermaceae, ↑moonseed family … Useful english dictionary
genus Menispermum — noun climbing herbs • Syn: ↑Menispermum • Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Menispermaceae, ↑family Menispermaceae, ↑moonseed family … Useful english dictionary
