podophyllum peltatum

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podophyllum peltatum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Podophyllin \Pod`o*phyl"lin\, n. [From Podophyllum.] (Chem.)
     A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May
     apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of
     several substances.
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  Podophyllum \Pod`o*phyl"lum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s,
     foot + fy`llon leaf.]
     1. (Bot.) 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
        .
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     2. (Med.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple
        (Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug.
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  mandrake \man"drake\ (m[a^]n"dr[=a]k), n. [AS. mandragora, L.
     mandragoras, fr. Gr. mandrago`ras: cf. F. mandragore.]
     1. (Bot.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the
        Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and
        supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to
        have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts
        of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the
        Mediterranean region.
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              And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth,
              That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. --Shak.
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     Note: The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant,
           but proof is wanting.
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     2. (Bot.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See May  apple
         under May, and Podophyllum. [U.S.]
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  May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the
     goddess Maia (Gr. Mai^a), daughter of Atlas and mother of
     Mercury by Jupiter.]
     1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
        --Chaucer.
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     2. The early part or springtime of life.
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              His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak.
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     3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from
        their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
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              The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash.
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              Plumes that mocked the may.           --Tennyson.
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     4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson.
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     Italian may (Bot.), a shrubby species of Spiraea
        (Spiraea hypericifolia) with many clusters of small
        white flowers along the slender branches.
  
     May apple (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant
        (Podophyllum peltatum). Also, the plant itself
        (popularly called mandrake), which has two lobed leaves,
        and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The
        root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.
        
  
     May beetle, May bug (Zool.), any one of numerous species
        of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged
        state in May. They belong to Melolontha, and allied
        genera. Called also June beetle.
  
     May Day, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic
        parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a
        garland, and by dancing about a May pole.
  
     May dew, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which
        magical properties were attributed.
  
     May flower (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its
        blossom. See Mayflower, in the vocabulary.
  
     May fly (Zool.), any species of Ephemera, and allied
        genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many
        species appear in May. See Ephemeral fly, under
        Ephemeral.
  
     May game, any May-day sport.
  
     May lady, the queen or lady of May, in old May games.
  
     May lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley (Convallaria  majalis
        ).
  
     May pole. See Maypole in the Vocabulary.
  
     May queen, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the
        sports of May Day.
  
     May thorn, the hawthorn.
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  mayapple \mayapple\, may apple \may apple\n.
     1. North American herb (Podophyllum peltatum) with
        poisonous root stock and an edible though insipid
        egg-shaped yellowish fruit; called also wild mandrake.
  
     Syn: May apple, wild mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum.
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     2. The fruit of the mayapple[1].
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  Duck's-foot \Duck's"-foot`\, n. (Bot.)
     The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum).
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podophyllum peltatum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Podophyllum peltatum
      n 1: North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible
           though insipid fruit [syn: mayapple, May apple, wild mandrake
           , Podophyllum peltatum]