||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.