Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Menispermum carolinum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 340.
today: The current name for this species is Cocculus carolinus (L.) DC.
original Latin diagnosis
Menispermum foliis cordatis subtus villosis.
English translation
Menispermum with leaf blades cordate [and] below villous.
| Menispermum | Menispermum |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| cordate | cordatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective cordatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| below | subtus - adverb |
| villous. | villosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective villosus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |