† mandragon Obs.
[app. an altered form of mandrag mandrake, after dragon.]
= mandrake.
| 1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, De la mandragore, an herbe called Mandragon. 1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. lx. 281 In English we call it Mandrake, Mandrage, and Mandragon. 1611 Cotgr., Mandragore, Mandrake, Mandrage, Mandragon. |