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MANDRAGORA OFFICINALIS

\mˈandɹɐɡˌɔːɹəɹ əfˌɪsɪnˈɑːliz], \mˈandɹɐɡˌɔːɹəɹ əfˌɪsɪnˈɑːliz], \m_ˈa_n_d_ɹ_ɐ_ɡ_ˌɔː_ɹ_ə_ɹ ə_f_ˌɪ_s_ɪ_n_ˈɑː_l_i_z]\

Definitions of MANDRAGORA OFFICINALIS

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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True mandrake; a narcotic and purgative plant.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

European mandrake, the morion of the ancients, and the mandrake of the Bible. It is not to be confounded with mandrake root. A European species, the root of which contains mandragorin, and has poisonous, hypnotic, and narcotic properties.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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