Noun: Mandragora officinarum
- A plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers
"Medieval herbalists valued Mandragora officinarum for its supposed mystical properties";
- mandrake, devil's apples
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: genus Mandragora, Mandragora
Encyclopedia: Mandragora officinarum