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Webster 1913 Edition
Podophyllum
‖
Podˊo-phyl′lum
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
πούς
, ποδός
, foot + φύλλον
leaf.] 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. Definition 2025
Podophyllum
Podophyllum
See also: podophyllum
Translingual
Podophyllum peltatum
Proper noun
Podophyllum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Berberidaceae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Berberidaceae - family; Berberidoideae; - subfamily; Berberideae; - tribe; Epimediinae; - subtribe
- Sometimes placed in its own subfamily Polyphylloideae
Hyponyms
- (genus): Podophyllum peltatum - type species, possibly sole species
podophyllum
podophyllum
See also: Podophyllum
English
Noun
podophyllum (plural podophyllums)
- (botany) Any of the genus Podophyllum of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Berberidaceae, with palmately lobed umbrella-like leaves, and several stems produced from a creeping underground rhizome.
- The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), used as a cathartic drug.