Mandrake Definition

măndrāk
mandrakes
noun
mandrakes
A poisonous plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the nightshade family, found in Mediterranean regions: it has purple or white flowers and a thick root, often forked, formerly used in medicine for its narcotic and emetic properties.
Webster's New World
The root, formerly thought to have magic powers because of its fancied resemblance to the human form.
Webster's New World

May apple.

Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Mandragora officinarum
  • devil's apples
  • mandrake root

Other Word Forms of Mandrake

Noun

Singular:
mandrake
Plural:
mandrakes

Origin of Mandrake

  • Middle English alteration (influenced by drake dragon) of mandragora from Old English from Latin mandragorās from Greek

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Mandrake Sentence Examples

  • The action of the drug appears to be entirely psychic, and comparable to that of the mandrake of the Hebrews.

  • P. peltatum, the North American mandrake, has large umbrella-like leaves and white flowers; P. pleianthum, from China, purple.

  • I am trying to find the tell all instructions for recompiling a new kernel for RH5.2 (Mandrake 5.3 ).

  • There was an old saying that people who uprooted the mandrake would die within a year.

  • There is for example a manufacturing aerospace company with 400 employees which uses mandrake for most its intranet servers.

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