Meanings
plural mandragoras
- countableuncountableThe root of such a plant, traditionally used as a narcotic.
The worst fodder for a President is not poppy and mandragora, but strychnine and adrenalin.
1933 January 30, H.L. Mencken, “The Coolidge Mystery”, in H.L. Mencken On Politics, published 1996, →ISBN, page 1361 more example
—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.
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 56Synonyms: mandrake
- countableuncountableartsA kind of tiny supernatural being, sometimes described as a demon.
Synonyms: mandrake
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various plants of the genus Mandragora.
nounThe root of such a plant, traditionally used as a narcotic.
nounA kind of tiny supernatural being, sometimes described as a demon.
Origin
- Latinmandragorās
- Medieval Latinmandragora
- Englishmandragora
From Medieval Latin mandragora, from Latin mandragorās.
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