Moonseed
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Moonseed is a common name of some flowering plant
s in the family Menispermaceae
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Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the family Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae, the botanical name for a family of flowering plants, has been universally recognized by taxonomists. Tubocurare, a neuromuscular blocker and active ingredient in curare, is derived from plants of this family....
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- CocculusCocculusCocculus is a genus of 11 species of woody vines and shrubs, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of North America, Asia and Africa. The common name Moonseed is also used for the closely related genus Menispermum. The related Indian Berry is known as "Cocculus Indicus" in...
- MenispermumMenispermumMenispermum is a small genus of deciduous climbing woody vines in the moonseed family . Plants in this genus have small dioecious flowers, and clusters of small grape-like drupes. The name, moonseed , comes from the shape of the seed, which resembles a crescent moon...
- Moonseed is also a 1998 science fiction book by Stephen Baxter.