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DEVIL'S APPLES

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 I. (noun) 

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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

Synonyms:

devil's apples; Mandragora officinarum; mandrake

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("devil's apples" 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 "devil's apples"):

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

Holonyms ("devil's apples" is a member of...):

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

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