Definition of Cocculus carolinus

1. Noun. Woody vine of southeastern United States resembling the common moonseed but having red fruits.

Exact synonyms: Carolina Moonseed
Generic synonyms: Moonseed
Group relationships: Cocculus, Genus Cocculus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cocculus Carolinus

Cobb salads
Cobb syndrome
Cobitidae
Coca-Cola
Coca-Colas
Coca Cola
Cocacolonization
Coccaceae
Coccidae
Coccidiasina
Coccinellidae
Coccoidea
Coccothraustes
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Cocculus
Cocculus carolinus (current term)
Coccus hesperidum
Coccyzus
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Cocha antshrike
Cocha antshrikes
Cochimi
Cochin
Cochin-Chinese
Cochin China
Cochin China diarrhoea
Cochin fowl
Cochin fowls
Cochise
Cochlearia

Literary usage of Cocculus carolinus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Homoeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York (1869)
"... Of the medical properties of the cocculus carolinus, nothing is yet known. A medical friend once sent me a bunch of the fruit, and stated that a child, ..."

2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1865)
"There are two other indigenous plants of this family: Cocculus carolinus, native of river banks in Illinois and Virginia, with greenish flowers and red ..."

3. Genera Florae Americae Boreali-orientalis Illustrata: The Genera of the by Asa Gray (1848)
"Cocculus carolinus, DC.; — branch of the sterile plant, natural size, from the Botanic Garden, Cambridge. 1. Diagram of the aestivation of the ..."

4. Laboratory Exercises in Botany by Edson Sewell Bastin (1894)
"the Cocculus (Cocculus carolinus, -DC.), the Yellow Parilla (Menis- permum Canadense, L.), the Virgin's Bower (Clematis Virginiana, L.), the Basswood (Tilia ..."

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