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Definition of Mandrake
1. Noun. The root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic.
Group relationships: Devil's Apples, Mandragora Officinarum
Generic synonyms: Root
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.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Mandragora, Mandragora
Terms within: Mandrake Root
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
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