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mayapple
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mayapple has 1 sense
- mayapple(n = noun.plant) may apple, podophyllum peltatum, wild mandrake - North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit; Array is a member of genus podophyllum, podophyllum
has parts: may apple
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
mayapple, 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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