| 单词 | mandrake |
| 释义 | mandrake (once / 13792 pages) n A mandrake is a plant with a thick root that looks a little like a parsnip or a fat carrot. Mandrakes can be poisonous if you eat them. Although a mandrake isn't edible, it is sometimes used in folk medicine. The root of the mandrake has very slight hallucinogenic qualities, and if it's consumed in large quantities it can cause death or coma. Mandrakes are famous in literature and folklore — they appear in the Bible, and one story claims that they scream when pulled from the ground, killing the person who harvests them. WORD FAMILYmandrake: mandrakes USAGE EXAMPLESHis subordinate, Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, played by Peter Sellers, is trying to persuade him to reveal the recall code. The New Yorker(Oct 21, 2016) My editor, Kala Mandrake, was wonderful because she would suggest things and find things on her own. Salon(Mar 20, 2016) Now, who can tell me the properties of the Mandrake?” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Sec...(1998) 1n a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers Syn|Hyper Mandragora officinarum, devil's apples herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests 2n the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic Syn|Hyper mandrake root 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 |
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