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Definition of Menispermum canadense
1. Noun. A woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits.
Group relationships: Genus Menispermum, Menispermum
Generic synonyms: Moonseed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menispermum Canadense
Literary usage of Menispermum canadense
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Characteristics of the New Remedies by Edwin Moses Hale, F. S. Whitman (1873)
"The left limb feels half an inch shorter, and sounds on the pavement as if it
really was. menispermum canadense. (Yellow Parilla. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"[Greek, moonseed.] A genus of 2 species, the typical one native of eastern North
America, the other of eastern Asia. i. menispermum canadense ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"... moonseed (menispermum canadense), waxwork (Celastrus scandens), green briers
... Smilax rotundifolia, Celastrus scandens and menispermum canadense. ..."
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