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Definition of Mayapples
1. mayapple [n] - See also: mayapple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mayapples
Literary usage of Mayapples
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century: An Inquiry Into the by Philip Alexander Bruce (1907)
"... or mayapples, beans and pumpkins, the latter propagating in such abundance
that a hundred were frequently observed to spring from one seed.8 The potato ..."
2. In God's Out-of-doors by William Alfred Quayle (1902)
"... and the mayapples hold their parasols to keep the sun from their faces white
as fresh snows, and the Sweet Williams hold their blue flowers up like a ..."
3. The Indian, Or Mound Builder: The Indians, Mode of Living, Manners, Customs by Thomas Beckwith (1911)
"He wanted nuts to eat—the acorns, walnuts, pecans, hickory nuts, hazelnuts,
grapes, haws, pawpaws, mayapples, persimmons. The nuts brought in the coon and ..."
4. American Carnation Culture: The Evolution of Dianthus Caryophyllus by Levi Leslie Lamborn (1901)
"In poppies and mayapples it falls off when the flower begins to open, and is
entirely absent in the lily, tulip, and flowers of many forest trees. ..."
5. Sustainable Agriculture Directory of Expertiseby Cynthia Arnold, Betty Blomberg, Ellen Clough, Jim Lukens by Cynthia Arnold, Betty Blomberg, Ellen Clough, Jim Lukens (1997)
"We focus on education (land-use design and polycultures) and research (species
selection and culture—thimbleberries and mayapples, for example—and minimal ..."
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