HyperDic: wild_mandrake

English > 1 sense of the expression wild mandrake:
NOUNplantwild mandrake, mayapple, May apple, Podophyllum peltatumNorth American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
English > wild mandrake: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningNorth American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit.
Synonymsmayapple, May apple, Podophyllum peltatum
Member ofPodophyllum, genus Podophyllumperennial rhizomatous herbs
PartsMay appleedible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Catalanpodofil, Podophyllum peltatum

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