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Mandrake is the common name for the plant genus Mandragora (part of the nighshade family). See both points below for etymology.
1) Origin: 1275–1325; ME, var. of mandrage (short for mandragora), taken by folk etymology as man1 + drake2]---Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
2) Middle English, alteration (influenced by drake, dragon) of mandragora, from Old English, from Latin mandragorâs, from Greek.---The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Ed.
1) Origin: 1275–1325; ME, var. of mandrage (short for mandragora), taken by folk etymology as man1 + drake2]---Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
2) Middle English, alteration (influenced by drake, dragon) of mandragora, from Old English, from Latin mandragorâs, from Greek.---The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Ed.
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