MAYAPPLE

mayapple, May apple, wild mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum

(noun) North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mayapple (plural mayapples)

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

The fruit of the plant Podophyllum peltatum

Source: Wiktionary



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ANYMORE

(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”


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