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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 807 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MOONSEED , in See also:

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, a See also:

COMMON

common name for Menispermum, a genus of climbing See also:

DECIDUOUS (from Lat. decidere, to fall down)

deciduous shrubs, containing one See also:

SPECIES

species in See also:

North See also:

AMERICA

America and another in Eastern See also:

ASIA

Asia . The former, M. canadense, is a handsome plant, suited to See also:

DAMP

damp and shady walls, with large reniform peltate leaves and yellowish See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers See also:

BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne in profusion on See also:

long pendulous racemes .

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