mandrake

man·drake

 (măn′drāk′)

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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[Middle English, alteration (influenced by drake, dragon) of mandragora, from Old English, from Latin mandragorās, from Greek, of unknown origin.]

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mandrake

(ˈmændreɪk) or

mandragora

n

1. (Plants) 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. (Plants) another name for the May apple

[C14: probably via Middle Dutch from Latin mandragoras (whence Old English mandragora), from Greek. The form mandrake was probably adopted through folk etymology, because of the allegedly human appearance of the root and because drake (dragon) suggested magical powers]

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man•drake

(ˈmæn dreɪk, -drɪk)

n.

1. a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.

2. May apple.

[1275–1325; alter. of mandrage (taken by folk etym. as man + drake² in sense “dragon”), probably < Middle Dutch < Medieval Latin mandragora mandragora]

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mandrake

A plant with a human-shaped root believed to have particularly magical qualities.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mandrake - the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic mandrake root 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 root - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
	2.	mandrake - a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers devil's apples, Mandragora officinarum herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Mandragora, Mandragora - a genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae mandrake, mandrake root - the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic

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Translations

Alraune

μανδραγόρας

mandrake

alraunabunovinamandragoranadliška

mandragora

mandragora

alraunamandragora

mandrágora

мандрагора

alraunabunovinamandragoranadliškaалрауна

mandrake

[ˈmændreɪk] N → mandrágora f

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mandrake

n → Mandragore f; mandrake root → Alraune f

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