mayapple en · NOUN
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.
Meanings
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A fruit-bearing flowering plant with poisonous roots, native to eastern North America, taxonomic name Podophyllum peltatum.
Etoposide came from the fruit of the poisonous mayapple.
2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 206:
- The fruit of the plant Podophyllum peltatum.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| May apple | alternative | lexicographic | |
| mayapples | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (12)
nl schildvoetblad (plant) · de Schildförmiges Fußblatt (plant) · tl podopil (plant) · fr podophylle pelté (plant) · unm kupo (plant) · ca podofil (plant) · pl stopkowiec tarczowaty (plant) · chr ᎤᏍᏇᏚᏍᏗ (plant) · tl mansanas ng Mayo (plant) · chr ᎤᏂᏍ (plant) · es ipecacuana de la Carolina (plant) · unm alulhùkwës (plant)