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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Podophyllum \Pod`o*phyl"lum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s,
   foot + ? leaf.]
   1. (Bot.) 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.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple
      ({Podophyllum peltatum}), -- used as a cathartic drug.
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