HyperDic: mandrake_root

English > 1 sense of the expression mandrake root:
NOUNplantmandrake root, mandrakethe root of the mandrake plant
English > mandrake root: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningThe root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic.
Synonymmandrake
Part ofmandrake, devil's apples, Mandragora officinarumA plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers
Broaderroot(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes
Spanishmandragora, mandrágora
Catalanmandràgora

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