mandragora(n = noun.plant) genus mandragora - a genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae;
is a kind of asterid dicot genus
is a member of family solanaceae, potato family, solanaceae
A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1. [1913 Webster]
mandragora, n. hist. the mandrake, esp. as a type of narcotic (Shakesp. Othello III. iii. 334).
Etymology:
OE f. med.L f. L f. Gk mandragoras