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man⋅drag⋅o⋅ra

  [man-drag-er-uh, man-druh-gawr-uh, -gohr-uh]
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–noun
1. mandrake (def. 1).
2. a mandrake root.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE < ML, L mandragorās < Gk mandragórās
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man·drag·o·ra   (mān-drāg'ər-ə)   
n.  See mandrake.

[Middle English; see mandrake.]
man·drake   (mān'drāk')   
n.  

    1. A southern European plant (Mandragora officinarum) having greenish-yellow flowers and a branched root. This plant was once believed to have magical powers because its root resembles the human body.

    2. The root of this plant, which contains the poisonous alkaloid hyoscyamine. Also called mandragora.

  2. See May apple.


[Middle English, alteration (influenced by drake, dragon) of mandragora, from Old English, from Latin mandragorās, from Greek.]
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Main Entry: man·drag·o·ra
Pronunciation: man-'drag-&-r&
Function: noun
1 : MANDRAKE 1
2 capitalized : a small genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Solanaceae with basalleaves, bell-shaped flowers, and fleshy berries and that includes the mandrake
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