MANDRAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mandrake mean? 

• MANDRAKE (noun)
  The noun MANDRAKE has 2 senses:

1. the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic

2. a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers

  Familiarity information: MANDRAKE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANDRAKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

mandrake; mandrake root

Hypernyms ("mandrake" is a kind of...):

root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)

Holonyms ("mandrake" is a part of...):

devil's apples; Mandragora officinarum; mandrake (a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

devil's apples; Mandragora officinarum; mandrake

Hypernyms ("mandrake" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "mandrake"):

mandrake; mandrake root (the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic)

Holonyms ("mandrake" is a member of...):

genus Mandragora; Mandragora (a genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae)

 Context examples 

A semisynthetic derivative of podophyllotoxin, a substance extracted from the mandrake root Podophyllum peltatum.

(Etoposide, NCI Thesaurus)

Epipodophyllotoxin is extracted from the mandrake root Podophyllum peltatum.

(Epipodophyllotoxin, NCI Dictionary)