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    WILD MANDRAKE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruitplay

    Synonyms:

    May apple; mayapple; Podophyllum peltatum; wild mandrake

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("wild mandrake" is a kind of...):

    herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

    Meronyms (parts of "wild mandrake"):

    May apple (edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant)

    Holonyms ("wild mandrake" is a member of...):

    genus Podophyllum; Podophyllum (perennial rhizomatous herbs)

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