Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rhizomatous plant (Podophyllum peltatum) of eastern North America, having large umbrellalike leaves, a single, nodding white flower, and yellow fruit. The ripe fruit is edible, but the roots, leaves, and seeds of the plant are poisonous.
- noun The fruit of this plant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun North American herb (
Podophyllum peltatum ) with poisonous root stock and an edible though insipid egg-shaped yellowish fruit; called alsowild mandrake . - noun The fruit of the mayapple{1}.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
fruit -bearingflowering plant withpoisonous roots , native to easternNorth America , taxonomic name Podophyllum peltatum. - noun The fruit of the plant Podophyllum peltatum
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
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Examples
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"We hypothesized that there might be great variation with respect to podophyllotoxin content within American mayapple across the eastern United States."
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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It set the package down beside her: a mayapple leaf that fell open to reveal a fragment of honeycomb.
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Etoposide came from the fruit of the poisonous mayapple.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Etoposide came from the fruit of the poisonous mayapple.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Etoposide came from the fruit of the poisonous mayapple.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Thanks in part, however, to a medicine created from molecules identified in an African flower, an American mayapple tree and a soil bacterium, doctors were able to save his life.
Alliance for Global Conservation: Guest Post: Sam Blackman & Dana McCreesh - Conservation Helps Those Who Are Most Helpless Alliance for Global Conservation 2010
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Herbaceous associates of the forest communities include large-flowering trillium, mayapple, violets, troutlillies and other woodland spring species.
Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ohio 2007
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