MAYAPPLE

Meaning of MAYAPPLE in English

■ noun an American herbaceous plant of the barberry family, which bears a yellow egg-shaped fruit in May. [ Podophyllum peltatum .]

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MAYAPPLE — noun Etymology: May Date: circa 1733 a North American herb ( Podophyllum peltatum ) of the barberry family with a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MAYAPPLE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Usage: sometimes capitalized 1. : a No. American herb ( Podophyllum peltatum ) that has a poisonous rootstock …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAYAPPLE — noun Etymology: May Date: circa 1733 : a North American herb ( Podophyllum peltatum ) of the barberry family with …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAYAPPLE — [may.ap.ple] n [May] (ca. 1733): a No. American herb (Podophyllum peltatum) of the barberry family with a poisonous rootstock, one …
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MAYAPPLE — also called mayflower, or mandrake (Podophyllum peltatum) perennial herbaceous plant of the family Podophyllaceae (order Ranunculales) native to eastern North …
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MAYAPPLE — Mayapple бот. подофил, мандрагора
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MAYAPPLE — Mayapple бот. подофил, мандрагора
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MAYAPPLE — Mayapple бот. подофил, мандрагора
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MAYAPPLE — Mayapple бот. подофил, мандрагора
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MAYAPPLE — n. Pronunciation: ' m ā - ˌ a-p ə l Function: noun Etymology: May Date: circa 1733 : a No. …
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PODOPHYLLUM — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Podophyllum, genus of herbs including the mayapple Date: 1842 the dried rhizome and rootlet of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MANDRAKE — noun Etymology: Middle English, probably alteration of mandragora Date: 14th century 1. a Mediterranean herb ( Mandragora officinarum ) of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MANDRAKE — Any of six plant species of the genus Mandragora ( nightshade family ), native to the Mediterranean and the Himalayas. …
Английский словарь Британика
BARBERRY — Any of the almost 500 species of thorny evergreen or deciduous shrubs constituting the genus Berberis . The genus is …
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WILD MANDRAKE — noun 1. : an enchanter's nightshade ( Circaea lutetiana ) 2. : mayapple 1
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WILD LEMON — noun 1. : mayapple 1 2. a. : any of several Australian shrubs (as P. oleifolia ) of the genus …
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WILD JALAP — noun 1. : mayapple 1 2. : man-of-the-earth
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UMBRELLA PLANT — noun 1. or umbrella sedge : an African sedge ( Cyperus alternifolius ) that bears large terminal whorls of slender …
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RACCOONBERRY — (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷- — see berry noun Etymology: raccoon + berry : mayapple 2
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PODOPHYLLUM — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈfiləm noun Etymology: New Latin, from pod- + -phyllum 1. capitalized : a small genus of herbs (family Berberidaceae) that …
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MANDRAKE — ˈmanˌdrāk, -aan- noun Etymology: Middle English, probably alteration (influenced by drake ) (I) of mandragge, mandragora, from Old English mandragora, …
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INDIAN APPLE — noun Usage: usually capitalized I Etymology: indian (II) 2 : mayapple
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GROUND LEMON — noun : mayapple
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DUCK'S-FOOT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( plural ducks'-foots or ducks'-feet ) : mayapple
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DEVIL'S-APPLE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( plural devil's apples ) 1. : jimsonweed 2. : mandrake 1 3. : mayapple
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AMERICAN MANDRAKE — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : mayapple
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MAY APPLE — 1. an American plant, Podophyllum peltatum, of the barberry family, bearing an edible, yellowish, egg-shaped fruit. 2. the fruit itself. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PODOPHYLLUM — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Podophyllum, genus of herbs including the mayapple Date: 1842 : the dried rhizome and rootlet …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MANDRAKE — noun Etymology: Middle English, probably alteration of mandragora Date: 14th century 1. a. : a Mediterranean herb ( Mandragora officinarum …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PODOPHYLLUM — [podo.phyl.lum] n, pl -phyl.li or -phyllums [NL, fr. Podophyllum, genus of herbs including the mayapple] (1842): the dried rhizome and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MANDRAKE — [man.drake] n [ME, prob. alter. of mandragora] (14c) 1 a: a Mediterranean herb (Mandragora officinarum) of the nightshade family with …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAYFLOWER — either of two spring-blooming wild flowers native to eastern North America. Podophyllum peltatum is more often called mayapple (q.v.) and …
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