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

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Usage examples (20)
  • "We hypothesized that there might be great variation with respect to podophyllotoxin content within American mayapple across the eastern United States."
  • Then she picked a single mayapple blossom, laid it upon its grave, and prayed.
  • It set the package down beside her: a mayapple leaf that fell open to reveal a fragment of honeycomb.
  • Herbaceous associates of the forest communities include large-flowering trillium, mayapple, violets, troutlillies and other woodland spring species.
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