MAY APPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does May apple mean? 

• MAY APPLE (noun)
  The noun MAY APPLE has 2 senses:

1. edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant

2. North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit

  Familiarity information: MAY APPLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAY APPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("May apple" is a kind of...):

fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)

Holonyms ("May apple" is a part of...):

May apple; mayapple; Podophyllum peltatum; wild mandrake (North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

May apple; mayapple; Podophyllum peltatum; wild mandrake

Hypernyms ("May apple" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "May apple"):

May apple (edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant)

Holonyms ("May apple" is a member of...):

genus Podophyllum; Podophyllum (perennial rhizomatous herbs)