Associations to the word «Mandrake»

Wiktionary

MANDRAKE, noun. (mythology) A mandragora, a kind of tiny demon immune to fire.
MANDRAKE, noun. (botany) Any plant of the genus Mandragora, certain of which are said to have medicinal properties; the curiously shaped root of these plants has been likened to the shape of a little man, and thus, has attained some mythic significance.

Dictionary definition

MANDRAKE, noun. The root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic.
MANDRAKE, noun. A plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats