Definition of Mandragoras

1. mandragora [n] - See also: mandragora

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandragoras

mandolines
mandolinist
mandolinists
mandolinlike
mandolins
mandom
mandoms
mandopop
mandor
mandora
mandoras
mandore
mandorla
mandorlas
mandragora
mandragoras (current term)
mandragorite
mandragorites
mandrake
mandrake root
mandrakes
mandraulic
mandred
mandrel
mandrels
mandril
mandrill
mandrills
mandrils
mandrin

Literary usage of Mandragoras

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia by James Orr (1915)
"... mandragoras [Gen 30 14 f ; Cant 7 13]; the marginal reading "love apples" is due to the supposed connection of ..."

2. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"454, and the fruit marked ma- ris, repr. in ' •' mandragoras mas Lob: ic. i. '267, and Ger. by Johns. 352, and cop. in Mandragora. ..."

3. William Tyndale's Five Books of Moses, Called the Pentateuch: Being a by William Tyndale, Jacob Isidor Mombert (1884)
"... 16 for thy fonnes mandragoras And whe lacob came from the feldes at euen, Lea went out to mete him, & fayde: come in to me, for I haue bought [Fo. ..."

4. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"Nach Ascherson liefert mandragoras officinarum L. in Syrien und im südlichen ... Was die Alten von der mandragoras gefaselt hatten, wird auf die A ..."

5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"MANDRAGORA, properly mandragoras, *. The Latin name of the herb called also mandrake, ... The English name of the above-mentioned plant, mandragoras, ..."

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