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Mandrake

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A low plant Mandragora officinarum of the Nightshade family having a fleshy root often forked and supposed to resemble a man It was therefore supposed to have animal life and to cry out when pulled up All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic It is found in the Mediterranean region

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