pod•o•phyl•lum

(ˌpɒd əˈfɪl əm)

n. the dried rhizome of the May apple, Podophyllum peltatum, from which podophyllin is obtained. [1750–60; < New Latin; see podo-, -phyll]

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Podophyllum - perennial rhizomatous herbs genus Podophyllummagnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiospermsbarberry family, Berberidaceae, family Berberidaceae - shrubs or herbsmayapple, Podophyllum peltatum, wild mandrake, May apple - North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit

Podophyllum

a genus of plants of the family Podophyl-laceae. (The plants are sometimes included in the family Ber-beridaceae.) The genus Podophyllum consists of low perennial herbs that have a long, creeping rootstock. The upper part of the stem bears two large, opposite, and long-petioled palmatipartite leaves and one drooping white flower measuring about 5 cm in diameter. The perianth has three to six sepals and six to nine petals. The fruit is a large, many-seeded yellow berry. There are six to ten species, distributed in the Himalayas, eastern Asia, and the eastern part of North America. The best-known American species, mayapple (P. peltatum) and P. hexartdrum (formerly P. emodi), grow in shady forests. Both are cultivated in the USSR for their rhizome, which contains podophyllotoxin, a-peltatin, and /3-peltatin. The plants are used to obtain the medicine podophyllin, which is used to treat tumors and as a purgative, a cholagogue, and an anesthetic.

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Atlas lekarstvennykh rastenii SSSR. Moscow, 1962.

T. V. Eoorova

podophyllum

[pod″o-fil´um] the dried rhizome and roots of Podophyllum peltatum. See also podophyllotoxin and resin" >podophyllum resin.

pod·o·phyl·lum

(pod'ō-fil'ŭm), The rhizome of Podophyllum peltatum (family Berberidaceae), used as a powerful laxative. Synonym(s): May apple, vegetable calomel

pod·o·phyl·lum

(pod'ō-fil'ŭm) The rhizome of Podophyllum peltatum (family Berberidaceae), used as a powerful laxative.

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noun perennial rhizomatous herbs

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