WILD MANDRAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wild mandrake mean? 

• WILD MANDRAKE (noun)
  The noun WILD MANDRAKE has 1 sense:

1. North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit

  Familiarity information: WILD MANDRAKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WILD MANDRAKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

May apple; mayapple; Podophyllum peltatum; wild mandrake

Hypernyms ("wild mandrake" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "wild mandrake"):

May apple (edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant)

Holonyms ("wild mandrake" is a member of...):

genus Podophyllum; Podophyllum (perennial rhizomatous herbs)