mayapple

See also: May apple

English

Alternative forms

• May apple

Etymology

May +‎ apple. The fruit is notably neither related to apples (though "apple" itself has an archaic sense of generically referring to fruit), nor ripens during the month of May; only the flower blooms then around then in certain areas.

Noun

mayapple (plural mayapples)

1. A fruit-bearing flowering plant with poisonous roots, native to eastern North America, taxonomic name Podophyllum peltatum.
2. The fruit of the plant Podophyllum peltatum.

Synonyms

• hog apple
• raccoon-berry

Derived terms

• mayapple rust

Translations

plant

• Cherokee: ᎤᏂᏍ (unis), ᎤᏍᏇᏚᏍᏗ (usquedusdi)
• Tagalog: podopil, mansanas ng Mayo