Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A fruit-bearing flowering plant with poisonous roots, native to eastern North America, taxonomic name Podophyllum peltatum.
- n. The fruit of the plant Podophyllum peltatum
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. North American herb (Podophyllum peltatum) with poisonous root stock and an edible though insipid egg-shaped yellowish fruit; called also
wild mandrake . - n. The fruit of the mayapple{1}.
WordNet 3.0
- n. North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
Examples
“We hypothesized that there might be great variation with respect to podophyllotoxin content within American mayapple across the eastern United States.”
“It set the package down beside her: a mayapple leaf that fell open to reveal a fragment of honeycomb.”
“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.”
“Etoposide came from the fruit of the poisonous mayapple.”
“Herbaceous associates of the forest communities include large-flowering trillium, mayapple, violets, troutlillies and other woodland spring species.”
“DiaryLand contact other diaries: licoriceroot mayapple organic nipple thousands croix-en smoke glasswater vocalfern licoriceroot mangotuesday trailways softblossoms daucuscarota”
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“Then she picked a single mayapple blossom, laid it upon its grave, and prayed.”
“Weirdly named plants such as eyeball plant, voodoo lily, mayapple and toad lilies pepper his gardening vocabulary.”
“In full bloom, the bloom of the nodding trillium is hidden under the leaves, just like a mayapple.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mayapple’.
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Flora
Flowers and plants have some of the most beautiful names.
These are often the common names, as opposed to the scientific or botanical names.daffodil, gardenia, tulip, snapdragon, violet, orchid, bleeding heart, daisy, lily, lilac, narcissus, rose and 278 more...
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Apple Words
Apple used to be a generic term for fruit so it shows up a lot.
apple, crabapple, pineapple, pomegranate, pomme de terre, cranapple, applejack, appletini, wood-apple, mayapple, appley, chamomile
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the road
glaucoma, tarpaulin, flowstone, flue, rimstone, alabaster, gully, shoring, grike, riprap, windfall, transom and 120 more...
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The Garden on Ryons Street
I spent a few seasons doing gardening work for a former English professor. This is just a list of some of the friends I made in her garden. (Some of these plants spent the winter inside, of course.)
filipendula, Tradescantia, eglantine, Ispahan, Comtesse de Murinais, Crested Moss, rugosa rose, goutweed, creeping charlie, buttercup, lilac, cedar and 97 more...
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Names and kinds of fruit
A list made in honor of my son, who likes to eat it. A lot. Today he's had blueberries, apples, bananas, and watermelon, and that was just in his first two hours awake. Limited to fruit I could thi...
apple, banana, watermelon, orange, grape, blueberry, papaya, mango, nectarine, peach, grapefruit, pomelo and 56 more...
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