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mandrake

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man=drake

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun mandrake has 2 senses

mandrake(n = noun.plant) mandrake root - the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic; Array

is a part of devil's apples, mandragora officinarum, mandrake

is a kind of root

mandrake(n = noun.plant) devil's apples, mandragora officinarum - a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers; Array

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

is a member of genus mandragora, mandragora

has parts: mandrake, mandrake root

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CIDE DICTIONARY

mandrake, n. [AS. mandragora, L. mandragoras, fr. Gr. mandrago`ras: cf. F. mandragore.].

A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region. [1913 Webster]
" The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant, but proof is wanting." [1913 Webster]

"And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth,
That living mortals, hearing them, run mad." [1913 Webster]
The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See May apple under May, and Podophyllum. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

mandrake, n. a poisonous plant, Mandragora officinarum, with white or purple flowers and large yellow fruit, having emetic and narcotic properties and possessing a root once thought to resemble the human form and to shriek when plucked.

Etymology

ME mandrag(g)e, prob. f. MDu. mandrag(r)e f. med.L (as MANDRAGORA): assoc. with MAN + drake dragon (cf. DRAKE(1))

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