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MANDRAGORA OFFICINARUM

• MANDRAGORA OFFICINARUM (noun)
The noun MANDRAGORA OFFICINARUM has 1 sense:

1. 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: MANDRAGORA OFFICINARUM used as a noun is very rare.

• MANDRAGORA OFFICINARUM (noun)

Sense 1

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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 ("Mandragora officinarum" 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 "Mandragora officinarum"):

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

Holonyms ("Mandragora officinarum" is a member of...):

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

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Definition of genus Mandragora
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