mandragora

[ man-drag-er-uh, man-druh-gawr-uh, -gohr-uh ]

/ mænˈdræg ər ə, ˌmæn drəˈgɔr ə, -ˈgoʊr ə /

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Origin of mandragora

before 1000; Middle English, Old English <Medieval Latin, Latin mandragorās<Greek mandragórās

Words nearby mandragora

mandira, Man does not live by bread alone, mandola, mandolin, mandorla, mandragora, mandrake, mandrel, mandrill, manducate, mandyas

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 Tchaikovsky
But I shall have fled, how I know not; haply mandragora will lure my weary mind to rest.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
The 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 Gozzi
Atropa Mandragor, female mandragora, main de gloire, herbe aux magiciens.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France

Probably the use of mandragora as a narcotic may have continued much later than the thirteenth century.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879|Various