Definition of podophyllum Podophyllum
pod•o•phyl•lum
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What does podophyllum mean?
WordNet
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| podophyllum - 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 | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- podophyllum (n.)
A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan P. Emodi. - podophyllum (n.)
The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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podophyllum
pod-ō-fil′um, n. a genus of plants of the barberry family, the fruit edible, other parts actively cathartic.—n. Podophyll′in, the resin obtained by means of rectified spirit from its root.—adj. Podophyll′ous, having compressed leaf-like locomotive organs. [Gr. pous, podos, foot, phyllon, leaf.]
