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1. edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant

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

1. an American plant, Podophyllum peltatum, of the barberry family, bearing an edible, yellowish, egg-shaped fruit.

2. the fruit itself.

Also, Mayapple.

[1725-35, Amer.]

may apple noun

1. An American plant, Podophyllum

2. The egg-shaped fruit of this

Main Entry: ↑May

May apple,

1. a North American perennial plant of the barberry family with a large, white flower, and poisonous leaves and roots; mandrake. It blooms in May.

2. its yellowish, slightly acid, egg-shaped fruit, which is sometimes eaten.