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mayapple
noun[ C or U ]
(alsoMay apple, may apple)uk /ˈmeɪˌæp.əl/ us /ˈmeɪˌæp.əl/
a plant with white, yellow, or red flowers that grows in woods in eastern North America and is used to make medicines:
Under foot were blooming flowers like May apple, violets, and verbenas.
Pharmaceutical researchers are using compounds in the mayapple to make anti-tumour drugs.
The spring-green mountains showered with snowy azalea blossoms, lavender forget-me-nots, bloodroot, mayapples, chickweed and dogwoods.
White trilliums decorated the trail side amongst the May apple leaves and the occasional patch of star flowers.
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