MANDRAKE ROOT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

mandrake; mandrake root

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mandrake root" 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 root" 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)

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