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may apple
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun may apple has 2 senses
- may apple(n = noun.plant) Array - edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant; Array is a part of may apple, mayapple, podophyllum peltatum, wild mandrake
- may apple(n = noun.plant) mayapple, podophyllum peltatum, wild mandrake - North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit; Array is a member of genus podophyllum, podophyllum
is a kind of fruit
has parts: may apple
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
may apple, n.
- North American herb (
Podophyllum peltatum ) with poisonous root stock and an edible though insipid egg-shaped yellowish fruit; called alsowild mandrake . [WordNet 1.5] - The fruit of the mayapple{1}. [PJC]
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