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mandrax

mandrax noun: methaqualone, especially when used as a recreational drug.

Noun

mandrax (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Methaqualone, especially when used as a recreational drug.
    • Illegally produced mandrax can be found in various different shapes and colours.2007, Sean Exner Baumann, Primary Health Care Psychiatry: A Practical Guide for Southern Africa
    • Large quantities of bags filled with chemicals and powders used to manufacture mandrax and heroin were found inside one of the bedrooms in the luxury Ballito Bay estate in KZN .2021 January 8, Riyaz Patel, “Burning Mandrax ‘white pipe’ fuelling criminal networks in South Africa”, in The South African, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2021

Questions about mandrax

What does mandrax mean?
Mandrax means methaqualone, especially when used as a recreational drug.
What part of speech is mandrax?
Mandrax is a noun.

Words near mandrax in the dictionary

  1. mandragorite
  2. mandragorites
  3. mandrake
  4. mandrakes
  5. mandraulic
  6. mandrax
  7. mandred
  8. mandrel
  9. mandreled
  10. mandreling
  11. Mandrell

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