mandrake

  1. Noun.  (mythology) A mandragora, a kind of tiny demon immune to fire.
  2. Noun.  (botany) Any plant of the genus ''Mandragora'', certain of which are said to have medicinal properties; the curiously shaped root of these plants has been likened to the shape of a little man, and thus, has attained some mythic significance.

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