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mandragora
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mandragora has 1 sense
- mandragora(n = noun.plant) genus mandragora - a genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae; Array is a kind of asterid dicot genus
is a member of family solanaceae, potato family, solanaceae
CIDE DICTIONARY
mandragora, n. [L., mandragoras the mandrake.].
A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mandragora, n. hist. the mandrake, esp. as a type of narcotic (Shakesp. Othello III. iii. 334).
Etymology
OE f. med.L f. L f. Gk mandragoras
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