| NOUN | plant | moonseed | plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds |
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| Meaning | plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds. | |
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| Member of | Menispermaceae, family Menispermaceae, moonseed family | herbaceous or woody climbers |
| Narrower | Carolina moonseed, Cocculus carolinus | woody vine of southeastern United States resembling the common moonseed but having red fruits |
| common moonseed, Canada moonseed, yellow parilla, Menispermum canadense | A woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits | |
| Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
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