(n) a presocratic Athenian philosopher who maintained that everything is composed of very small particles that were arranged by some eternal intelligence (500-428 BC)
(n) a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers, Syn. Mandragora officinarum, devil's apples
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