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May apple

May ap·ple (plural May ap·ples or May ap·ple)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. fruit of May apple plant: an oval yellowish fruit with edible pulp

2. plant with single yellow fruit: a poisonous plant of the barberry family that produces May apples. Flowers: single, white. Native to: eastern North America.  Latin name Podophyllum peltatum.

[Because the fruit is produced in May]
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