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Meaning of "menispermaceous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MENISPERMACEOUS

From New Latin Mēnispermum name of genus, from Greek mēnē moon + sperma seed.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MENISPERMACEOUS

menispermaceous  [ˌmɛnɪspɜːˈmeɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MENISPERMACEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Menispermaceous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MENISPERMACEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of menispermaceous in the English dictionary

The definition of menispermaceous in the dictionary is of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MENISPERMACEOUS


alismaceous
ˌælɪzˈmeɪʃəs
audacious
ɔːˈdeɪʃəs
bodacious
bəʊˈdeɪʃəs
contumacious
ˌkɒntjʊˈmeɪʃəs
curvaceous
kɜːˈveɪʃəs
diatomaceous
ˌdaɪətəˈmeɪʃəs
efficacious
ˌɛfɪˈkeɪʃəs
gemmaceous
dʒɛˈmeɪʃəs
glumaceous
ɡluːˈmeɪʃəs
gracious
ˈɡreɪʃəs
limaceous
lɪˈmeɪʃəs
melastomaceous
ˌmeləstəʊˈmeɪʃəs
ostentatious
ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃəs
palmaceous
pælˈmeɪʃəs
pomaceous
pɒˈmeɪʃəs
spacious
ˈspeɪʃəs
tenacious
tɪˈneɪʃəs
ulmaceous
ʌlˈmeɪʃəs
vivacious
vɪˈveɪʃəs
voracious
vɒˈreɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MENISPERMACEOUS

meningeal
meninges
meningioma
meningitic
meningitides
meningitis
meningocele
meningococcal
meningococcall
meningococci
meningococcic
meningococcus
meninx
meniscal
meniscate
meniscectomy
menisci
meniscoid
meniscus
menispermum

WORDS THAT END LIKE MENISPERMACEOUS

arenaceous
argillaceous
carbonaceous
chartaceous
coriaceous
crustaceous
ericaceous
farinaceous
gorgeous
herbaceous
liliaceous
micaceous
olivaceous
predaceous
proteinaceous
sebaceous
siliceous
solanaceous
the Cretaceous
tuffaceous
violaceous

Synonyms and antonyms of menispermaceous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «menispermaceous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MENISPERMACEOUS

Find out the translation of menispermaceous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of menispermaceous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «menispermaceous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

防己科
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

menispermaceous
570 millions of speakers

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menispermaceous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

menispermaceous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

menispermaceous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

menispermaceous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

menispermaceous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

menispermaceous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

menispermaceous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menispermaceous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

menispermaceous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

防己
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

menispermaceous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Menispermaceous
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

menispermaceous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

menispermaceous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेनिस्पेमॅमेसस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

menispermalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

menispermaceous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

menispermaceous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

menispermaceous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

menispermaceous
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

menispermaceous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

menispermaceous
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

menispermaceous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

menispermaceous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of menispermaceous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MENISPERMACEOUS»

The term «menispermaceous» is normally little used and occupies the 139.522 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MENISPERMACEOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «menispermaceous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «menispermaceous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about menispermaceous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MENISPERMACEOUS»

Discover the use of menispermaceous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to menispermaceous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific
Studies on the alkaloids of menispermaceous plants. Alkaloids of Stephania japonica Miers. l8. Structure of hasubanonine. Chem. Pharm. Bull. (Tokyo), l809 ( Supplement l). 7. Ibuka, T., Kitano, M., Watanabe, Y., and Matsui, M. l967. Studies on ...
Christophe Wiart, 2006
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Poppy: The Genus Papaver
Abstr., 1975,82, 171254. Tomita, M. and Fukagawa, K. (1963) Cleavage reaction of aporphine alkaloids by metallic alkali in liquid ammonia. Yakugaku Zasshi., 83, 293–7. Tomita, M. and Ibuka, T. (1962) Alkaloids of Menispermaceous plants.
Jeno Bernath, 2003
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Lead Compounds from Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Cancer
[182] Ito K, Furukawa H, Sato K, Takahashi J. Studies on the alkaloids of menispermaceous plants. CCL. Structure of coclobine, a new biscoclaurine alkaloid from Cocculus trilobus DC. Yakugaku Zasshi 1969;89(8):1163—6. [183] Chen HS ...
Christophe Wiart, 2012
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Alkaloids: Chemical and Biological Perspectives, Volume 14: ...
These alkaloids are closely related to (-)-acutumine and (-)-acutumidine, two other chlorine containing compounds previously isolated from another Menispermaceous plant. The structure of clolimalongine is similar to that of acutumidine ...
S.W. Pelletier, 2000
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Trease and Evans' Pharmacognosy
Thiscame from Brazil andPeru, wasmainly menispermaceous in origin and contained the alkaloid which Boehm (1895) isolated as amorphous 'tubocurarine' andwhich King(1935) first prepared crystalline as tubocurarine chloride.
William Charles Evans, 2009
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African Medicinal Plants: Proceedings of a Conference
SUMMARY OF THE WORK ON SOME MENISPERMACEOUS PLANTS OF GHANA A. N. TACKIE During our general programme of screening Ghanaian plants for the presence of alkaloids, we have made some attempt to isolate and study a ...
Abayomi Sofowora, 1979
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Acta Medica Okayama
Tomita, M., Okamoto, Y., Kikuchi, T., Osaki, K., Nishikawa, M., Kamiya, K., Sasaki, Y., Matoba, K. and Goto, K. : Alkaloids of Menispermaceous plants. CCLIX. Alkaloids of Menispermum dauricum. Structures of acutumine and acutumidine, ...
‎1976
8
Taiwania
2. Yoshimatsu Yamamoto (1893-1947) Hisakichi Hisazumi. . . 17 3. Works of the Late Prof. Y. Yamamoto Genkei Masamune. . . 13 4. On the Menispermaceous Plants of China Yoshimatsu Yamamoto... 19 5. Miscellaneous Notes on the Flora  ...
‎1972
9
Medicinal natural products: a biosynthetic approach
Calabash curare was packed in gourds, and was derived from Strychnos toxifera (Loganiaceae). Pot curare was almost always derived from a mixture of loganiaceous and menispermaceous plants, and was packed in small earthenware pots.
Paul M. Dewick, 1997
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Biodiversity II: Understanding and Protecting Our Biological ...
A. Leaf of a legume similar to a living species of Machaerium B. Menispermaceous leaf (moonseed family), probably a vine or liana; C. Lauraceous leaf (avocado family); D. Salvinia preauriculata, a floating aquatic fern characteristic of Eocene ...
Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla, Don E. Wilson, Edward O. Wilson, 1996

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