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May apple   /meɪ ˈæpəl/   Listen
May apple

noun
1.
Edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant.
2.
North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit.  Synonyms: mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum, wild mandrake.





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"May apple" Quotes from Famous Books



... whence the boulders came. Everywhere about is the trumpet creeper, but not yet in bloom. The Indian turnip is in blossom here, and so the smaller Solomon's seal, yellow spikes of toad-flax, blue and pink phlox, glossy May apple; high up on the hillside, the fire pink and wintergreen; and, down by the sandy shore, great beds of blue wild lupin, and occasionally stately spikes of ...
— Afloat on the Ohio - An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo • Reuben Gold Thwaites


Words linked to "May apple" :   wild mandrake, mayapple, herbaceous plant, Podophyllum, herb, genus Podophyllum, fruit


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