Англо-русский словарь - mandrake
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n. a poisonous plant, Mandragora officinarum, with white or purple flowers and large yellow fruit, having emetic and narcotic properties and possessing a root once thought to resemble the human form and to shriek when plucked. Etymology: ME mandrag(g)e, prob. f. MDu. mandrag(r)e f. med.L (as MANDRAGORA): assoc. with MAN + drake dragon (cf. DRAKE(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: Middle English, probably alteration of mandragora Date: 14th century 1. a. a Mediterranean herb (Mandragora officinarum) of the nightshade family with large ovate leaves, greenish-yellow or purple flowers, and a large usually forked root resembling a human in form and formerly credited with magical properties b. the root of a ~ formerly used especially to promote conception, as a cathartic, or as a narcotic and soporific 2. mayapple ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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~ n a plant from which drugs can be made which help people to sleep, and which was once thought to have magic powers ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1150, from M.L. mandragora, from L. mandragoras, from Gk. mandragoras, probably from a non-I.E. word. Folk etymology associated the second element with dragoun and substituted native drake in its place. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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