- Carolina moonseed
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a twining woody vine, Cocculus carolinus, of the southeastern U.S., having inconspicuous flowers and showy, red fruit.[1775-85, Amer.]
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Carolina moonseed
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Carolina moonseed — noun woody vine of southeastern United States resembling the common moonseed but having red fruits • Syn: ↑Cocculus carolinus • Hypernyms: ↑moonseed • Member Holonyms: ↑Cocculus, ↑genus Cocculus * * * noun … 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
Cocculus carolinus — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division … Wikipedia
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Cocculus carolinus — noun woody vine of southeastern United States resembling the common moonseed but having red fruits • Syn: ↑Carolina moonseed • Hypernyms: ↑moonseed • Member Holonyms: ↑Cocculus, ↑genus Cocculus … Useful english dictionary
coral bead — noun 1. : jequirity bean 2. : the red fruit of the Carolina moonseed; also : carolina moonseed … Useful english dictionary
Cocculus — noun climbing plants or shrubs • Syn: ↑genus Cocculus • Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Menispermaceae, ↑family Menispermaceae, ↑moonseed family … Useful english dictionary
genus Cocculus — noun climbing plants or shrubs • Syn: ↑Cocculus • Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Menispermaceae, ↑family Menispermaceae, ↑moonseed family … Useful english dictionary
snail-seed — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : carolina moonseed … Useful english dictionary
