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Definition of Mandragora
1. Noun. A genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Solanaceae, Potato Family, Solanaceae
Member holonyms: Devil's Apples, Mandragora Officinarum, Mandrake
Definition of Mandragora
1. n. A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1.
Definition of Mandragora
1. Noun. Mandrake; often specifically mandrake root, traditionally used as a narcotic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mandragora
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Medical Definition of Mandragora
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandragora
Literary usage of Mandragora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Medicine in the Anglo-Saxon Times: Two Lectures Delivered Before the by Joseph Frank Payne (1904)
"mandragora The last chapter in Apuleius treats of the mandragora or mandrake,
... The following is the Anglo-Saxon version :— mandragora (MANDRAKE. ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"It was furnished sometimes with catgut strings and sometimes with metallic ones,
and was played by means of a quill or piece of wood. mandragora. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1877)
"Warmth), Most symptoms,13.—(Yawning), Throat symptoms. mandragora. ... Atropa
mandragora, Linn. Natural order, Solanaceae. Common name. Mandrake. ..."
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