moonseed

n. [植]月籽藤,蝙蝠葛(爬藤植物,籽呈月牙形)

词形变化

moonseeds 复数 moonseeds

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A twining plant of the genera Menispermum or Cocculus, in the family Menispermaceae.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

vine

词源

Calque of translingual Menispermum, first attested in 1739. By surface analysis, moon + seed, in reference to the crescent shape of their seeds.

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