mandrake root

1. 1.

   the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic

   Synonymsmandrake

   Broaderroot

   Part ofmandrake

Questions about mandrake root

What does mandrake root mean?

mandrake root means "the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic".

What is another word for mandrake root?

Close synonyms include mandrake. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mandrake root a common word?

mandrake root is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.