mayapple, May apple, wild mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum
(noun) North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
8 January 2025
(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
