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Definition of mayapple in English: mayapplenoun ˈmeɪap(ə)lˈmeɪˌæp(ə)l An American herbaceous plant of the barberry family, which bears a yellow egg-shaped fruit in May. The plant has long been used medicinally. 盾叶鬼臼，足叶草 Podophyllum peltatum, family Berberidaceae Example sentencesExamples - Farther back, there's furtive jack-in-the-pulpit and mayapple, and along our driveway, wild columbine's whiskered pendants.
- And there are native wildflowers, such as mayapple, Jack-in-the-pulpit, and foamflower.
- Just as the crooked mass of shiny-leafed buttonbush, and even the swamp dwelling mayapple - its umbrella-like leaves shading sweet yellow fruit - need fire's fertilizing hand, so too does the wildlife.
- Violets, wild geranium, mayapple, and blue phlox bloom in April and May.
- As I drive away, I see mayapples along the edge of the woods.
- If the method is adopted, increased demand for the American mayapple may make it a new alternative crop.
- They might remind you of mayapple or of pachysandra.
- I have christened it the ‘Mandrake’ (the name used for the mayapple [Podophyllum peltatum] by various 16 th- and 17 th-century English poets).
Definition of mayapple in US English: mayapple(also May apple) nounˈmeɪˌæp(ə)lˈmāˌap(ə)l An American herbaceous plant of the barberry family with large, deeply divided leaves. The plant, which bears a yellow, egg-shaped edible fruit in May, has long been used medicinally. 盾叶鬼臼，足叶草 Podophyllum peltatum, family Berberidaceae Also called mandrake Example sentencesExamples - Violets, wild geranium, mayapple, and blue phlox bloom in April and May.
- I have christened it the ‘Mandrake’ (the name used for the mayapple [Podophyllum peltatum] by various 16 th- and 17 th-century English poets).
- As I drive away, I see mayapples along the edge of the woods.
- Just as the crooked mass of shiny-leafed buttonbush, and even the swamp dwelling mayapple - its umbrella-like leaves shading sweet yellow fruit - need fire's fertilizing hand, so too does the wildlife.
- If the method is adopted, increased demand for the American mayapple may make it a new alternative crop.
- Farther back, there's furtive jack-in-the-pulpit and mayapple, and along our driveway, wild columbine's whiskered pendants.
- And there are native wildflowers, such as mayapple, Jack-in-the-pulpit, and foamflower.
- They might remind you of mayapple or of pachysandra.
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