may apple

Questions about may apple

What does may apple mean?

may apple means "edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for may apple?

Close synonyms include mayapple, wild mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is may apple a common word?

may apple is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.