podophyllum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of podophyllum
From New Latin, dating back to 1750–60; see origin at podo-, -phyll
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And the arrowhead-shaped leaves of Syngonium podophyllum Pink are glowing pink — hard to resist.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2021
In North America, says the author of "Flower-lore," the podophyllum is called "May-apple," and the fruit of the Passiflora incarnata "May-hops."
From The Folk-lore of Plants by T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer
The root of the podophyllum is used as a cathartic by the Indians.
From Lost in the Backwoods by Catharine Parr Strickland Traill
In other words, the thistle was held to possess all the virtues now claimed for podophyllum, blue-pill, and dandelion—a universal antibilious agent!
From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Benjamin Taylor
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