Mandragora vs. Mandrake

Mandragoranoun

Mandrake; often specifically mandrake root, traditionally used as a narcotic.

Mandragoranoun

A kind of tiny dragon immune to fire.

Mandragoranoun

A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1.

Mandragoranoun

a genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae

Mandrakenoun

(mythology) A mandragora, a kind of tiny demon immune to fire.

Mandrakenoun

Any plant of the genus Mandragora, certain of which are said to have medicinal properties; the curiously shaped root of these plants has been likened to the shape of a little man, and thus, has attained some mythic significance.

Mandrakenoun

A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region.

Mandrakenoun

The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See May apple under May, and Podophyllum.

Mandrakenoun

the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic

Mandrakenoun

a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers

Mandrake

A mandrake is the root of a plant, historically derived either from plants of the genus Mandragora found in the Mediterranean region, or from other species, such as Bryonia alba, the English mandrake, which have similar properties. The plants from which the root is obtained are also called .