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GENUS MANDRAGORA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae
Synonyms:
genus Mandragora; Mandragora
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Mandragora" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Mandragora"):
devil's apples; Mandragora officinarum; mandrake (a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers)
Holonyms ("genus Mandragora" is a member of...):
family Solanaceae; potato family; Solanaceae (large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra)
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