Mayacaceæ (may aka see)

pl. [NL. (Kunth, 1843), May-apple ( Podophyllum peltatum). a, the flower-bud with the bractlets; b, a stamen c, the pistil; d, the fruit; e, the fruit cut longitudinally. hand, composed of from five to seven wedge-shaped divisions. The yellowish, pulpy, slightly acid fruit, somewhat larger than a pigeon's egg, is sometimes eaten, and the creeping rootstock affords one of the safest and most acc a thar tics known. Also called mandrake, hog - apple. 2. The plant P. Emodi of the Him a lay as; also, a related plant of the western United States, Achlys triphylla.-3. Same as honeysuckle - ap ple. [U. S.] maybe (mā bē), adv. [Also dial. mebbe; an ellipsis of it may be. Cf. mayhap.] Perhaps; po ibly; probably. I'll know His pleasure; maybe he will relent. Shak., M. for M., ii. 2. 4. Faith!-may be that was the reason we did not meet. Sheridan, The Rivals, ii. 2. "O binna feared, mither, I'll maybe no dee." Glen logie (Child's Ballads, IV. 82). maybe (mā'bē), a . and n. [ maybe , adv .] I. a . Po ible; uncertain. [Rare.] 'Tis nothing yet, yet all thou hast to give; Then add those may - be years thou hast to live. Dryden, Hind and Panther, iii. 293. II. n. Something that may be or happen; a po ibility or probability. [Rare.] However real to him, it is only a may - be to me. J. Hadley , E ays, p. 218. May-beetle (mā bē"tl), n . 1. A cockchafer, Melolontha vulgar is . Also May - bug , May - chafer . [Eng.]-2. A June-bug, Lachnosterna fusc a , or other species of the same genus. See cuts under dor - bug and June -bug. [Southern U. S.] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary May-bird