moonseed

名词 n.

英文释义

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

词形变化

moonseeds plural

词源

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