mandragora

[ man-drag-er-uh, man-druh-gawr-uh, -gohr-uh ]

/ mænˈdræg ər ə, ˌmæn drəˈgɔr ə, -ˈgoʊr ə /

a mandrake root.

Origin of mandragora

before 1000; Middle English, Old English < Medieval Latin, Latin mandragorās < Greek mandragórās

mandir, mandira, mandola, mandolin, mandorla, mandragora, mandrake, mandrel, mandrill, mandrin, manducate

Mandragora was the base of most of these ansthetics, though a combination with opium seems to have been a favourite.

Medieval Medicine |James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
Probably the use of mandragora as a narcotic may have continued much later than the thirteenth century.

The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 |Various
The mandragora is a wild plant, the like of which does not exist.

Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 4 |Charles Dudley Warner
For this purpose a mixture of opium, mandragora, and henbane is to be used.

A History of Science, Volume 2(of 5) |Henry Smith Williams

Was there not growing there a certain fabulous plant, called Mandragora?

Joan of Arc |Ronald Sutherland Gower