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ˌpɒd əˈfɪl əmpodophyl·lum

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Podophyllum, genus Podophyllumnoun

    perennial rhizomatous herbs

Wikipedia

  1. Podophyllum

    Podophyllum is a genus of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native from Afghanistan to China, and from southeast Canada to the central and eastern United States. The genus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.

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  1. podophyllum

    Podophyllum is a type of herbaceous perennial plant in the family Berberidaceae, commonly known as mayapples. It is native to the forest floors of North America and parts of Asia. Some species are used in herbal medicine for their laxative and emetic properties.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Podophyllumnoun

    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

  2. Podophyllumnoun

    the rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug

  3. Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + fy`llon leaf.]

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  1. Podophyllum

    Podophyllum is a genus of six species of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Berberidaceae, native to eastern Asia and eastern North America. They are woodland plants, typically growing in colonies derived from a single root. The stems grow to 30–40 cm tall, with palmately lobed umbrella-like leaves up to 20–40 cm diameter with 3–9 shallowly to deeply cut lobes. The plants produce several stems from a creeping underground rhizome; some stems bear a single leaf and do not produce any flower or fruit, while flowering stems produce a pair or more leaves with 1–8 flowers in the axil between the apical leaves. The flowers are white, yellow or red, 2–6 cm diameter with 6–9 petals, and mature into a green, yellow or red fleshy fruit 2–5 cm long. All the parts of the plant, excepting the fruit, are poisonous. Even the fruit, though not dangerously poisonous, can cause unpleasant indigestion. The substance they contain is used as a purgative and as a cytostatic. Posalfilin is a drug containing podophyllin and salicylic acid that is used to treat the plantar wart. They are also grown as ornamental plants for their attractive foliage and flowers.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Podophyllum

    A genus of poisonous American herbs, family BERBERIDACEAE. The roots yield PODOPHYLLOTOXIN and other pharmacologically important agents. The plant was formerly used as a cholagogue and cathartic. It is different from the European mandrake, MANDRAGORA.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of podophyllum in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of podophyllum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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