mandrake
mandrake
noun
noun
- a Mediterranean plant of the nightshade family, with white or purple flowers and large yellow berries. It has a forked fleshy root which supposedly resembles the human form and was formerly widely used in medicine and magic, allegedly shrieking when pulled from the ground
曼德拉草 - Mandragora officinarum, family Solanaceae
拉丁名Mandragora officinarum，茄科
- Middle English mandrag(g) e, from Middle Dutch mandrag(r) e, from medieval Latin mandragora; associated with man (because of the shape of its root) + drake in the Old English sense 'dragon'
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