MAN'DRAKE, noun [Latin mandragoras.] A plant of the genus Atropa, growing naturally in Spain, Italy and the Levant. It is a narcotic, and its fresh roots are a violent cathartic. Its effect in rendering barren women prolific is supposed to be imaginary.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.