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Perennial rhizomatous herbs
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podophyllum
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n. 1 (context botany English) Any of the genus ''Podophyllum'' of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Berberidaceae, with palmately lobed umbrella-like leaves, and several stems produced from a creeping underground rhizome. 2 The rhizome and rootlet ...
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Podophyllum is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Berberidaceae , described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. In the past, several species were included in the genus, but all but one have been transferred to other genera ( Dysosma , Pilea , and Sinopodophyllum ...
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Podophyllum \Pod`o*phyl"lum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + fy`llon leaf.] (Bot.) A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American Podophyllum peltatum ...
Usage examples of podophyllum.
Ourisia coccinea, Papaver orientale, Pentstemons, Physalis Alkekengi, Podophyllum peltatum, Polyanthus, Pratia repens, Primula acaulis, P.
In homeopathy the Anemone and the Forget-me-not are known as Pulsatilla and Myosotis, and chemists accustomed to the Latin names may be shocked to find Taraxacum under Dandelion, Podophyllum under Mandrake, and Calendula under Marigold.
Combined with the resin of Blue Cohosh, it is an excellent remedy for amenorrhoea, dismenorrhoea, afterbirth pains, suppression of lochia and for febrile conditions of the parturient period, and combined with extract of Leptandra or Podophyllum resin, it acts well on the bowels and liver, and if mixed with Dioscorea is excellent for bilious and flatulent colic.