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mandrake    音标拼音: [m'ændr,ek]
n. 曼德拉草

曼德拉草

mandrake
n 1: the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a
narcotic [synonym: {mandrake root}, {mandrake}]
2: a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple
flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to
have magical powers [synonym: {mandrake}, {devil's apples},
{Mandragora officinarum}]

mandrake root \mandrake root\ n.
The root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a
narcotic; as a substance it is also called {mandrake}.
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mandrake \man"drake\ (m[a^]n"dr[=a]k), n. [AS. mandragora, L.
mandragoras, fr. Gr. mandrago`ras: cf. F. mandragore.]
1. (Bot.) A low plant ({Mandragora officinarum}) of the
Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and
supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to
have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts
of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the
Mediterranean region.
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And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth,
That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. --Shak.
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Note: The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant,
but proof is wanting.
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2. (Bot.) The May apple ({Podophyllum peltatum}). See {May
apple} under {May}, and {Podophyllum}. [U.S.]
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May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the
goddess Maia (Gr. Mai^a), daughter of Atlas and mother of
Mercury by Jupiter.]
1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
--Chaucer.
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2. The early part or springtime of life.
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His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak.
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3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from
their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
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The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash.
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Plumes that mocked the may. --Tennyson.
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4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson.
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{Italian may} (Bot.), a shrubby species of {Spiraea}
({Spiraea hypericifolia}) with many clusters of small
white flowers along the slender branches.

{May apple} (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant
({Podophyllum peltatum}). Also, the plant itself
(popularly called {mandrake}), which has two lobed leaves,
and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The
root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.


{May beetle}, {May bug} (Zool.), any one of numerous species
of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged
state in May. They belong to {Melolontha}, and allied
genera. Called also {June beetle}.

{May Day}, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic
parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a
garland, and by dancing about a May pole.

{May dew}, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which
magical properties were attributed.

{May flower} (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its
blossom. See {Mayflower}, in the vocabulary.

{May fly} (Zool.), any species of {Ephemera}, and allied
genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many
species appear in May. See {Ephemeral fly}, under
{Ephemeral}.

{May game}, any May-day sport.

{May lady}, the queen or lady of May, in old May games.

{May lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria
majalis}).

{May pole}. See {Maypole} in the Vocabulary.

{May queen}, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the
sports of May Day.

{May thorn}, the hawthorn.
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