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Definition of Moonseed family
1. Noun. Herbaceous or woody climbers.
Exact synonyms: Family Menispermaceae, Menispermaceae
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Ranales, Order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales
Member holonyms: Genus Menispermum, Menispermum, Moonseed, Cocculus, Genus Cocculus
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Ranales, Order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales
Member holonyms: Genus Menispermum, Menispermum, Moonseed, Cocculus, Genus Cocculus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonseed Family
Literary usage of Moonseed family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"MOONSEED FAMiLY. Climbing or twining woody or herbaceous vines, with alternate
entire or lobed leaves, no stipules, and small dioecious panicled racemose or ..."
2. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1890)
"moonseed family. MENISPERMUM, L. Moonseed. 81. M. CANADENSE, L. (Canada Moonseed.)
River banks and along streams, generally in woods or thickets. July— 2. ..."
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