Mandrake

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The root of this plant, which contains the poisonous alkaloid hyoscyamine.
  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The enchanter's nightshade, Circæa Lutetiana.
  • noun. A plant of the genus Mandragora.
  • noun. The May-apple, Podophyllum peltatum.
  • noun. In heraldry, a figure resembling a root with two long and pointed bifurcations usually twisted together, and the whole crowned with leaves and berries.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See May apple under May, and Podophyllum.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A mandragora, a kind of tiny demon immune to fire.
  • noun. 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.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic
  • noun. a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers
    • Word Usage
    "The mandrake is a plant which has human-shaped roots."
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    wild mandrake  
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    Herb  herbaceous plant  root  
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    may  podophyllum  
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