HyperDic: devil[s_apples

English > 1 sense of the expression devil's apples:
NOUNplantdevil's apples, mandrake, Mandragora officinaruma plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers
English > devil's apples: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers.
Synonymsmandrake, Mandragora officinarum
Member ofMandragora, genus MandragoraA genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae
Partsmandrake root, mandrakeThe root of the mandrake plant
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanishmandrágora, Mandragora officinarum, mandrágula
Catalanmandràgora

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