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[NL. (Tournefort, 1705), so called from the half moon shape of the seeds; Gr. Obtained from the seeds of C 2 1, flowering branch of Menispermum Can a dense; 2, a deeply lobed leaf; a, the male flower; b, the female flower; c , the pistils and a stainen; d , vertical section through one of the pistils; e, the fruit. μήνη, the moon, + σπέρμα, a seed.] A genus of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants, type of the natural order Men is per maceæ, the moonseed family, and belonging to the tribe Cocculeæ, characterized by having the embryo horseshoe