womandrake
womandrake noun: a white form of the plant mandrake, or one with a white root.
Noun
womandrake (plural womandrakes)
- A white form of the plant mandrake, or one with a white root.
- [T]his is the true deſcription of the plant and therefore thoſe idle formes of the Mandrakes and Womandrakes, as they are fooliſhly ſo called, which have beene expoſed to publike view, both in ours and other lands and countries, are utterly deceitfull being the work of cunning knaves, onely to get...1640, John Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicvm: The Theatre of Plants, London, page 343
- In folklore, there are considered to be Mandrakes and Womandrakes, the former being white, the latter black.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 146
Forms of womandrake
| plural | womandrakes |
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Origin of womandrake
Blend of woman + mandrake, from mistakenly analysing mandrake as a man + drake.
Questions about womandrake
- What does womandrake mean?
- Womandrake means a white form of the plant mandrake, or one with a white root.
- What part of speech is womandrake?
- Womandrake is a noun.
- What is the plural of womandrake?
- The plural of womandrake is womandrakes.
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