mandragora

noun

man·​drag·​o·​ra man-ˈdra-gə-rə 

: mandrake sense 1

Examples of mandragora in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The duo’s fantastic and naive animal world has been transported onto intarsia bags swarming with pandas, penguins, bears, lemurs, otters, mandragora roots and their human friends, the release adds. —Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English, from Latin mandragoras, from Greek

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

mandragora

noun

man·​drag·​o·​ra man-ˈdrag-ə-rə 

1

: mandrake sense 1

2

capitalized : a small genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Solanaceae with basal leaves, bell-shaped flowers, and fleshy berries and that includes the mandrake