n. [ Gr.
n. small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants.
‖n. [ NL. Named after
n. a rail{ 1 } at the side of staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling; -- shaped so as to be conveniently gripped with the hand;
prop. n. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a man, male. ] (Bot.) A genus of sapotaceous trees of India. Isonandra Gutta is the principal source of gutta-percha. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A genus of brain corals.
n. [ L., mandragoras the mandrake. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. mandragora, L. mandragoras, fr. Gr.
And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth,
That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant, but proof is wanting. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic; as a substance it is also called
prop. n. A genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns; also classed as the family
prop. n. One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus