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Mayapple
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1. may apple, mayapple, podophyllum peltatum, wild mandrake
North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
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Mayapple
see synonyms of mayapplenoun
American plant
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Mayapple
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1. 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.
2. The fruit of this plant. In both senses also called mandrake.
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