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mayapples

mayapples is the plural 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.

Questions about mayapples

What is mayapples the plural of?
Mayapples is the plural of mayapple.

Words near mayapples in the dictionary

  1. Mayao Parada
  2. Mayao Silangan
  3. mayapis
  4. mayapple
  5. mayapple rust
  6. mayapples
  7. Mayapur
  8. Mayaro–Rio Claro
  9. Mayas
  10. Mayavati
  11. Mayawati

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