mandrake

noun

1. 茄参，毒参茄（可制药，旧时认为具有魔力）
   a poisonous plant used to make drugs, especially ones to make people sleep, thought in the past to have magic powers

1. During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah.
   割麦子的时候，吕便往田里去寻见风茄，拿来给他母亲利亚。
2. Professor sprout took a large plant pot from under the table and plunged the Mandrake into it, burying him in dark, damp compost until only the tufted leaves were visible.
   斯普劳特教授从桌子底下拿出一只大花盆，把曼德拉草娃娃塞了进去，用潮湿的深色堆肥把他埋住，最后只有丛生的叶子露在外面。
3. As a result of these enhancements, Mandrake Linux flourished.
   由于这些改进的结果，MandrakeLinux得以蓬勃发展。
4. I do not believe in mandrake, or in blood-stains that no time can efface.
   我不相信蔓陀罗花，不相信时间也擦不掉血迹斑斑。
5. In2003 he decided to build a new distribution, initially based on Mandrake Linux, but with several significant usability improvements.
   2003年，他决定建立一个新的发行版，最初基于MandrakeLinux，但包含一些重要的可用性改进。

noun

1. a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers

   Synonym:    devil's applesMandragora officinarum

2. the root of the mandrake plant

   Synonym:    mandrake root