mandragora
[ man-drag-er-uh, man-druh-gawr-uh, -gohr-uh ]
noun
a mandrake root.
Origin of mandragora
1before 1000; Middle English, Old English <Medieval Latin, Latin mandragorās<Greek mandragórās
Words Nearby mandragora
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How to use mandragora in a sentence
Kashkin was one of the friends who dissuaded Tchaikovsky from composing mandragora.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyBut I shall have fled, how I know not; haply mandragora will lure my weary mind to rest.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieThe originality of Machiavelli in his mandragora was not of the sort to encourage a departure from the beaten track.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first | Count Carlo GozziAtropa Mandragor, female mandragora, main de gloire, herbe aux magiciens.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) | Anatole FranceProbably the use of mandragora as a narcotic may have continued much later than the thirteenth century.
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