moonseed
Americannoun
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any climbing plant of the genus Menispermum, having greenish-white flowers and crescent-shaped seeds.
noun
Etymology
Origin of moonseed
Example Sentences
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A space mission returns to Earth with a lump of rock containing a mysterious nano-substance called “moonseed” that converts all inorganic matter into moonseed.
From The Guardian • May 8, 2019
She learned the uses and prices of the plant, and also made drawings of cohosh, moonseed and bloodroot.
From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene
On the wooded slopes there are the white fruits of the baneberry on its quaintly-shaped red stalks, the pretty fruit clusters of the moonseed and the smilax.
From Some Summer Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John
When she finished she picked up a trailing vine of moonseed.
From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene
You see it on cultivated plums, grapes, and apples, but never in any such perfection as on moonseed and black haws in the woods.
From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene
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