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Noun: mandrake  'man,dreyk
  1. A plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers
    - devil's apples, Mandragora officinarum
     
  2. The root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic
    - mandrake root

Derived forms: mandrakes

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, root

Part of: genus Mandragora, Mandragora

Encyclopedia: Mandrake

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mandibular notch
mandibulate
mandibulofacial
mandioc
mandioca
mandola
mandolin
mandoline
Mandragora
Mandragora officinarum
mandrake
mandrake root
mandrel
mandril
mandrill
Mandrillus
Mandrillus leucophaeus
Mandrillus sphinx
Manduca
Manduca quinquemaculata
Manduca sexta