womandrakes

Noun

womandrake (plural womandrakes)

1. (rare) 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