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Definition of Mandrake

1. Noun. The root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic.

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

Definition of Mandrake

1. n. 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.

Definition of Mandrake

1. Noun. (mythology) A mandragora, a kind of tiny demon immune to fire. ¹

2. Noun. (botany) Any plant of the genus ''Mandragora'', certain of which are said to have medicinal properties; the curiously shaped root of these plants has been likened to the shape of a little man, and thus, has attained some mythic significance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mandrake

1. a European herb [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mandrake

1. 1. 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. "And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad." (Shak) The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant, but proof is wanting. 2. The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See May apple under May, and Podophyllum. Origin: AS. Mandragora, L. Mandragoras, fr. Gr., cf. F. Mandragore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandrake

mandolinlike mandolins mandom mandoms mandopop mandor mandora mandoras mandore mandorla

mandorlas mandragora mandragoras mandragorite mandragorites mandrake (current term) mandrake root mandrakes mandraulic mandred

mandrel mandrels mandril mandrill mandrills mandrils mandrin mandritta mandrittas manduca

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