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

mandrake

/ˈmandreɪk

noun

A Mediterranean plant of the nightshade family, with a forked fleshy root which supposedly resembles the human form and which was formerly used in herbal medicine and magic; it was alleged to shriek when pulled from the ground.

Mandragora officinarum, family Solanaceae.

This is true of many old medicinal plants like the mandrake, an herb which grows around the Mediterranean....

Plants, such as the mandrake, orchid, and sweet potato, have, as the history of folk medicine reveals, been credited with rejuvenating properties.
Last summer at The Yard, an arts colony devoted entirely to dance, he spent a month making Mandragora Vulgaris, a work based on the medieval legend of the mandrake root.

Origin

Middle English mandrag(g)e, from Middle Dutch mandrag(r)e, from medieval Latin mandragora; associated with man (because of the root) + drake in the Old English sense 'dragon'.

单词	mandrake
释义	mandrake /ˈmandreɪk / noun A Mediterranean plant of the nightshade family, with a forked fleshy root which supposedly resembles the human form and which was formerly used in herbal medicine and magic; it was alleged to shriek when pulled from the ground. Mandragora officinarum, family Solanaceae. This is true of many old medicinal plants like the mandrake, an herb which grows around the Mediterranean.... Plants, such as the mandrake, orchid, and sweet potato, have, as the history of folk medicine reveals, been credited with rejuvenating properties. Last summer at The Yard, an arts colony devoted entirely to dance, he spent a month making Mandragora Vulgaris, a work based on the medieval legend of the mandrake root. Origin Middle English mandrag(g)e, from Middle Dutch mandrag(r)e, from medieval Latin mandragora; associated with man (because of the root) + drake in the Old English sense 'dragon'.
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