Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Menispermum virginicum 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 peltatis lobatis.
English translation
Menispermum with leaf blades cordate [and] [with leaves] peltate [and] [with leaf blades] lobed.
| 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] |
| [with leaves] peltate | peltatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective peltatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| [with leaf blades] lobed. | lobatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lobatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |