menispermaceae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Menispermaceae*:
NOUN	plant	Menispermaceae, family Menispermaceae, moonseed family	herbaceous or woody climbers

English > *Menispermaceae*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	herbaceous or woody climbers.
Synonyms	family Menispermaceae, moonseed family
Member of	Ranales, order Ranales, Ranunculales, order Ranunculales	herbs, shrubs and trees
Members	Cocculus, genus Cocculus	Climbing plants or shrubs
	Menispermum, genus Menispermum	Climbing herbs
	moonseed	plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds
Broader	magnoliid dicot family	family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
Spanish	familia menispermáceas, menispermáceas

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