mandrake root

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1. the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	root,
definition	:	(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	devil's apples, mandragora officinarum, mandrake,
definition	:	a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers (noun.plant)