Mayapple

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mayapple \mayapple\, may apple \may apple\n.
     1. North American herb ({Podophyllum peltatum}) with
        poisonous root stock and an edible though insipid
        egg-shaped yellowish fruit; called also {wild mandrake}.
  
     Syn: May apple, wild mandrake, {Podophyllum peltatum}.


          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. The fruit of the mayapple[1].
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mayapple
       n : North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible
           though insipid fruit [syn: {May apple}, {wild mandrake},
           {Podophyllum peltatum}]