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Definition of Podophyllum
1. Noun. Perennial rhizomatous herbs.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Barberry Family, Berberidaceae, Family Berberidaceae
Member holonyms: May Apple, Mayapple, Podophyllum Peltatum, Wild Mandrake
Definition of Podophyllum
1. n. 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.
Definition of Podophyllum
1. [n -LI or -LUMS]
Medical Definition of Podophyllum
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Podophyllum
Literary usage of Podophyllum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"The dried rhizome and roots of podophyllum peltatum (yielding not less than 3 per
... Prepared by precipitating an alcoholic extract of podophyllum with ..."
2. A Text-book of Pharmacology and Therapeutics by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1899)
"The importance of these purgatives is much less than it was formerly, and several
of them are very seldom used ; the most important are jalap, podophyllum, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1903)
"Inasmuch as Resin of podophyllum is net found ... Beware of yellow Resin of
podophyllum. USES OF CARBON* TETRACHLORIDE. ..."
4. The Essentials of Materia Medica, and Therapeutics by Alfred Baring Garrod (1865)
"podophyllum contains resinous matters, together with gum and other substances
soluble in water ; the resin constitutes about 8J per cent. of the root, ..."
5. The book of prescriptions by Henry Beasley (1876)
"podophyllum. May Apple. The dried root of the podophyllum peltatum, an American
plant (Nat. ... podophyllum, alone or combined, is an excellent purge. ..."
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