mandrake

Definition of Mandrake in English :

Noun

the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic

mandrake root

2. devil's apples, mandragora officinarum, mandrake

a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers

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Mandrake

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noun

1.

a Eurasian solanaceous plant, Mandragora officinarum, with purplish flowers and a forked root. It was formerly thought to have magic powers and a narcotic was prepared from its root

2. another name for the May apple

Mandrake

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noun

1.

a poisonous plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the nightshade family, found in Mediterranean regions: it has purple or white flowers and a thick root, often forked, formerly used in medicine for its narcotic and emetic properties

2.

the root, formerly thought to have magic powers because of its fancied resemblance to the human body

3. US

May apple

Mandrake

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n.

1.

a. A southern European plant (Mandragora officinarum) in the nightshade family, having greenish-yellow flowers and a branched root. This plant was once believed to have magical powers because its root resembles the human body.

b. The root of this plant, which contains the poisonous alkaloid hyoscyamine. In both senses also called mandragora.

2. See mayapple.

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