MENISPERMUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Menispermum mean? 

• MENISPERMUM (noun)
  The noun MENISPERMUM has 1 sense:

1. climbing herbs

  Familiarity information: MENISPERMUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENISPERMUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Climbing herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Menispermum; Menispermum

Hypernyms ("Menispermum" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Menispermum"):

Canada moonseed; common moonseed; Menispermum canadense; yellow parilla (a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits)

Holonyms ("Menispermum" is a member of...):

family Menispermaceae; Menispermaceae; moonseed family (herbaceous or woody climbers)