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Podophyllum

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Pod`o`phyl´lum
n.1.(Bot.) A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American Podophyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan Podophyllum Emodi.
2.(Med.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), - used as a cathartic drug.
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Noun1.Podophyllum - perennial rhizomatous herbsPodophyllum - perennial rhizomatous herbs          
genus Podophyllum
magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
barberry family, Berberidaceae, family Berberidaceae - shrubs or herbs
mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum, wild mandrake, May apple - North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
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