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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}. [ WordNet 1. 5]
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. [ 1913 Webster] And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant, but proof is wanting. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Bot.) The May apple ({ Podophyllum peltatum}). See { May apple} under { May}, and { Podophyllum}. [ U. S.] [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The early part or springtime of life. [ 1913 Webster] His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn. [ 1913 Webster] The palm and may make country houses gay. -- Nash. [ 1913 Webster] Plumes that mocked the may. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 4. The merrymaking of May Day. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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