Mandragora (English spelling)

Japanese: マンドラゴラ（英語表記）mandragora
Mandragora (English spelling)
A perennial plant of the Solanaceae family native to Europe. Its fleshy rhizome is poisonous and was once used as a painkiller and anesthetic. Mandrake.
[Additional information] The rhizome resembles a human body, and there is a legend that it screams when pulled out of the ground.

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend

Japanese:
ヨーロッパ原産のナス科の多年草。多肉質の根茎は有毒で、かつては鎮痛剤・麻酔剤などに用いられた。マンドレーク。
[補説]根茎は人体に似るものがあり、土中から引き抜かれる際に悲鳴を上げるという伝説もある。

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