Mandragora
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any of various plants of the genus Mandragora. countable, uncountable
- 2 The root of such a plant, traditionally used as a narcotic. countable, uncountable
"—though she did not know whether her supposed rival was dead or alive, whether the complaints she at once pitied and resented were those which "poppy and mandragora" might medicine, or "those written troubles of the brain" which were incapable of cure, she contrived to make up for herself a draught of most terrible infliction."
- 3 A kind of tiny supernatural being, sometimes described as a demon. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"—though she did not know whether her supposed rival was dead or alive, whether the complaints she at once pitied and resented were those which "poppy and mandragora" might medicine, or "those written troubles of the brain" which were incapable of cure, she contrived to make up for herself a draught of most terrible infliction."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin mandragora, from Latin mandragorās.
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