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Webster 1913 Edition
Podophyllum
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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.