Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moonseed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: moon-seed
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Origin

First known use: first attested in 1739

Inflected Forms

moonseeds (plural)

Phrases

Asian moonseed Canadian moonseed Daurian moonseed heart-leaved moonseed moonseed moth

Questions

What does moonseed mean?: A twining plant of the genera Menispermum or Cocculus, in the family Menispermaceae.
Where does moonseed come from?: First known use: first attested in 1739.

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