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PODOPHYLLUM
Pod
`o *phyl "
lum,
n.
Etym:
[
NL.
,
fr.
Gr.
poy
`s, podo `s,
foot
+
1. (
Bot.
)
Defn: A
genus
of
herbs
of
the
Barberry
family,
having
large
palmately
lobed
peltate
leaves
and
solitary
flower.
There
are
two
species,
the
American
Podohyllum peltatum,
or
May
apple,
the
Himalayan
P. Emodi.
2. (
Med.
)
Defn:
The
rhizome
and
rootlet
of
the
May
apple
(
Podophyllum
peltatum ), --
used
as
a
cathartic
drug.
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