Moonseed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moonseed \Moon"seed`\, n. (Bot.)
     A climbing plant of the genus {Menispermum}; -- so called
     from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  moonseed
       n : plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit
           with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds