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Mandragora

noun
1.
A genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae.  Synonym: genus Mandragora.



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Mandragora officinarum


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... and plucked at the top, an emetic. He cured sore throat by means of the vegetable excrescence called Jew's ear. He knew the rush which cures the ox and the mint which cures the horse. He was well acquainted with the beauties and virtues of the herb mandragora, which, as every one knows, is of both sexes. He had many recipes. He cured burns with the salamander wool, of which, according to Pliny, Nero had a napkin. Ursus possessed a retort and a flask; he effected transmutations; he sold panaceas. It ...
— The Man Who Laughs • Victor Hugo
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... comes! not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the East, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet ...
— Hazlitt on English Literature - An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature • Jacob Zeitlin
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Words linked to "Mandragora" :   Solanaceae, devil's apples, asterid dicot genus, Mandragora officinarum, potato family, mandrake, family Solanaceae


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