| NOUN | plant | mandrake root, mandrake | the root of the mandrake plant |
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| Meaning | The root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic. | |
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| Synonym | mandrake | |
| Part of | mandrake, devil's apples, Mandragora officinarum | A plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers |
| Broader | root | (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes |
| Spanish | mandragora, mandrágora | |
| Catalan | mandràgora | |
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