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Moonlet vs Moonseed - What's the difference?

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Moonseed is a related term of moonlet.



As nouns the difference between moonlet and moonseed

is that moonlet is a very small body orbiting a planet, often as part of a ring while moonseed is a twining plant of the genus genus: Menispermum, eponymous of the Menispermae or moonseed family.

moonlet

English

(wikipedia moonlet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (astronomy) a very small body orbiting a planet, often as part of a ring.
  • *1981 , Nature [http://books.google.com/books?id=5KEoAAAAMAAJ&q=define:moonlet&dq=define:moonlet&pgis=1]:
  • *:"A moonlet within the ring system will exert a systematic torque on ring material."

    • moonseed

    English

    (wikipedia moonseed) (Menispermum)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A twining plant of the genus (taxlink), eponymous of the Menispermae or moonseed family
    • ''The crescent-shaped (hence their name) moonseeds bear black fruits

    Related terms

    * moonbeam * moon-blind * mooncalf * moon-eyed * moonfish * moonflower * mooning * moonish * moonlet * moonlight * moonlit * moonrise * moonscape * moonset * moonshine * moonstone * moonstruck * moony * fern seed * naked seed * seed coat * seedeater * seed fern * seedful * seed leaf * seedlike * seedling * seed oyster * seed pearl * seed plant * seedpod * seedsman * seed stock * seed vessel

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