MAYAPPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mayapple mean? 

• MAYAPPLE (noun)
  The noun MAYAPPLE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MAYAPPLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAYAPPLE (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("mayapple" 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 "mayapple"):

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

Holonyms ("mayapple" is a member of...):

genus Podophyllum; Podophyllum (perennial rhizomatous herbs)

 Context examples 

A cyclolignan alkaloid found in the mayapple plant family (Podophyllum peltatum), and a small molecule inhibitor of the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Picropodophyllin, NCI Thesaurus)