Definition of "mandrake root" []

• The root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic; as a substance it is also called mandrake. (noun)

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• "The apothecary would rearrange his bottles, moving the powdered mandrake root to the place where the tinctures of Solomon's seal and milkwort had stood."