podophyllum

Noun

pod=o=phyl=lum

WORDNET DICTIONARY

podophyllum(n = noun.plant) genus podophyllum - perennial rhizomatous herbs; Array

is a kind of magnoliid dicot genus

is a member of barberry family, berberidaceae, family berberidaceae

podophyllum, n. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + fy`llon leaf.].

A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American Podophyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan Podophyllum Emodi. [1913 Webster]
The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug. [1913 Webster]

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