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mandrake

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Plants, Magic
man·drake /ˈmændreɪk/ noun [countable]  HBPROMa poisonous plant that was once thought to have magic powers 茄参 曼德拉草,曼陀罗草〔一种有毒的植物,曾被认为有魔力〕
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mandrakeBut you could smell the mandrake fruit on her across the room.
man·drake nounChineseSyllable
Corpus that once have magic a plant was thought to poisonous


mandrake
mandrake /ˈmændreɪk/ noun [countable]
a poisonous plant that was once thought to have magic powers


man·drakeBrE /ˈmændreɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmændreɪk/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] a poisonous plant used to make drugs, especially ones to make people sleep, thought in the past to have magic powers 茄参(可制药,旧时认为具有魔力)