英语词汇“mandrake”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

man·drake

(măndrāk′)

a. A southern European plant (Mandragora officinarum) in the nightshade family, having greenish-yellow flowers and a branched root. This plant was once believed to have magical powers because its root resembles the human body.

b. The root of this plant, which contains the poisonous alkaloid hyoscyamine. In both senses also called mandragora.

2. See mayapple.

[Middle English, alteration (influenced by drake, dragon) of mandragora, from Old English, from Latin mandragorās, from Greek, of unknown origin.]

单词	mandrake
释义	man·drake (măndrāk′) n. 1. a. A southern European plant (Mandragora officinarum) in the nightshade family, having greenish-yellow flowers and a branched root. This plant was once believed to have magical powers because its root resembles the human body. b. The root of this plant, which contains the poisonous alkaloid hyoscyamine. In both senses also called mandragora. 2. See mayapple. [Middle English, alteration (influenced by drake, dragon) of mandragora, from Old English, from Latin mandragorās, from Greek, of unknown origin.]
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