English Explanatory Dictionary

mayapple

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fruit-bearing flowering plant with poisonous roots, native to eastern North America, taxonomic name Podophyllum peltatum.
  2. The fruit of the plant Podophyllum peltatum.

Word forms

mayapple mayapples May apple

Etymology

From May + apple. The fruit is notably neither related to apples (though "apple" itself has an archaic sense of generically referring to fruit), nor ripens during the month of May; only the flower blooms then around then in certain areas.

Synonyms

hog apple raccoon-berry

Derived words

mayapple rust

Translations

Catalan: podofil Cherokee: ᎤᏂᏍ Cherokee: ᎤᏍᏇᏚᏍᏗ Dutch: schildvoetblad French: podophylle pelté German: Schildförmiges Fußblatt Polish: stopkowiec tarczowaty Spanish: ipecacuana de la Carolina Tagalog: podopil Tagalog: mansanas ng Mayo Unami: alulhùkwës Unami: kupo
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