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May apple

May apple is the alternative form of mayapple.

Meaning of mayapple

Noun

mayapple (plural mayapples)

  1. A fruit-bearing flowering plant with poisonous roots, native to eastern North America, taxonomic name Podophyllum peltatum.
    • Etoposide came from the fruit of the poisonous mayapple.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 206
  2. The fruit of the plant Podophyllum peltatum.

Forms of May apple

pluralMay apples

Questions about May apple

What is May apple the alternative form of?
May apple is the alternative form of mayapple.

Words near May apple in the dictionary

  1. Maxy
  2. may
  3. May 35th
  4. May 7th
  5. May and December
  6. May apple
  7. May apples
  8. may as well
  9. May Ball
  10. May Balls
  11. May Bank

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