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Definition of Menispermum
1. Noun. Climbing herbs.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Menispermaceae, Menispermaceae, Moonseed Family
Member holonyms: Canada Moonseed, Common Moonseed, Menispermum Canadense, Yellow Parilla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menispermum
Literary usage of Menispermum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs by Albert Schneider (1921)
"menispermum. menispermum. Fl. ex. 60. Canadian moon seed, yellow parilla, ...
Fr. The rhizomes and rootlets of menispermum canadense L., ..."
2. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"menispermum Canadense Linne.—Canadian Moonseed. Description.—Calyx : sepals 4 to
8, ovate-oblong, greenish-yellow. Corolla : petals 6 to 8, much smaller ..."
3. Materia Medica and Therapeutics, for Physicians and Students by John Barclay Biddle (1886)
"The ointment is also used as a stimulating application to blistered surfaces and
indolent ulcers. menispermum. menispermum is the RHIZOME and ROOTLETS of ..."
4. A Manual of organic materia medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1892)
"Dose, 1 to 4 grams (gr. xv-5j), in powder and extract. menispermum.—YELLOW PARILLA.
Origin. ... menispermum ..."
5. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1852)
"... of Poisoning froin the External Application o/Cocculus in- dicus ; (menispermum
Cocculus : Moonseed). Reported by ^^^ILLIA.^I B. THOMPSON, Sen. ..."
6. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1857)
"(menispermum Lyoni, Pursh^i — Rich soil, S. Kentucky. May. — Stems climbing to
the tops of trees. Leaves large, thin, deeply 3 - 5-lobed, cordate at the ..."
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