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mandrake
mandrake Plant of the potato family, native to the Mediterranean region and used since ancient times as a medicine. It contains the
alkaloids: hyoscyamine, scopolamin, and mandragorine. Leaves are borne at the base of the stem, and the large greenish-yellow or purple flowers produce a many-seeded berry. Height: 40cm (16in); family Solanaceae; species Mandragora officinarum.
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Mandrake Linux 9.1 download edition. (Linuxworld).
Magazine article from: Australian PC World; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Recent versions of Mandrake Linux have not changed much from the...focus of releases over the last year. Mandrake Linux 9.1 is the first significant...Windows and improved networking support. Mandrake Linux 9.1 Download Edition consists...
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Mandrake Linux 8.2: Solid server, Friendly desktop.
M2 Presswire; 3/20/2002; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-20 March 2002-MandrakeSoft: Mandrake Linux 8.2: Solid server, Friendly...20032002 MandrakeSoft is proud to introduce Mandrake Linux 8.2 as the most feature-rich...designed graphical user interfaces. Mandrake Linux 8.2 is the best "all-in...
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Mandrake magic
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 4/20/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...there are still mandrakes to be found elsewhere...lengthy roots of the mandrake measuring some 70...particularly from mandrakes (dudaim in Hebrew...Apart from the mandrake, he also produces...I hired you with mandrakes." When pressed...personally believes the mandrake has properties ...
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The Mandrake Club millionaires with the magic touch An exclusive group of mega-rich networkers and the story behind its offbeat name
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 6/8/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Ross. They are "Mandrakes" because they are...that name. The Mandrake Club was the idea...executive and fellow Mandrake, 34-year-old...660 million. The Mandrakes meet on the second...for at least one Mandrake evening. Deals...meetings of the Mandrakes. One get- together...
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Linux-Mandrake 8.0 now available for download.
M2 Presswire; 4/19/2001; 700+ words
; ...April 2001-MandrakeSoft: Linux-Mandrake 8.0 now available for download...availability for download of the Linux-Mandrake 8.0 via different Internet servers through http://www.linux-mandrake.com. With this new version, MandrakeSoft...
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Linux-Mandrake Expands Into China Market.
Business Wire; 9/3/1999; 700+ words
; ...Distribution MandrakeSoft(TM) (www.linux-mandrake.com), the premier publisher of the popular Linux-Mandrake(TM) operating system, today announced...distribute the Chinese version of Linux-Mandrake through their comprehensive network of...
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MandrakeSoft Unveils Internet Version of Linux-Mandrake 7.0 For Immediate Download.
PR Newswire; 1/18/2000; 700+ words
; ...user-friendly and award-winning Linux-Mandrake operating system, today introduced the...of its award winning solution, Linux-Mandrake 7.0, for free download at www.linux-mandrake.com and from many mirrors across the Internet...
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Mandrake Linux PPC 8.0 final release available.
M2 Presswire; 8/28/2001; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-28 August 2001-MandrakeSoft: Mandrake Linux PPC 8.0 final release available...announces the immediate availability of Mandrake Linux PPC 8.0 final release. This version builds upon the highly successful Mandrake Linux 8.0 release for the x86 architecture...
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Macmillan USA Announces Upcoming Release of Linux-Mandrake 7.1 Product Line.
PR Newswire; 6/8/2000; 700+ words
; ...publish and distribute the award-winning Linux-Mandrake software, Macmillan USA and MandrakeSoft will...weeks. Two specific software products, Linux-Mandrake 7.1 Complete and Linux-Mandrake 7.1 Deluxe, will be released in the upcoming...
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Country & Garden: Herbs No 35 - Mandrake
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/7/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...loveliest poems, plants mandrake on its grave: "When...leafless wreck;/ But the mandrakes, and toadstools, and...his herbal that the mandrake has "great broad long...Little is told of the mandrake's modern use in medicine...Mrs Grieve recommends mandrakes as a garden plant that...
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mandrake
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
mandrake plant of the family Solanaceae...any other plant. The true mandrakes are of the genus Mandragora...root (sometimes called a mandrake), which crudely resembles...distance. The potency of the mandrake, which contains several...
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Mandrake
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Mandrake Plant whose roots often bear an uncanny resemblance to a human form. (See mandragoras )
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Mandragoras
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...applied to the plant popularly known as mandrake, whose roots resemble human forms and...virtues to the plant mandragoras, or mandrake, the root of which was often uncannily...elaborate procedure was prescribed. The mandrake-gatherer was supposed to starve a dog...
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Ginseng
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...to prolong life. The roots sometimes resemble the human form, rather like the mandragoras or mandrake, and a legend similar to that of the mandrake says that ginseng also screams when uprooted. Chinese tradition claims that ginseng absorbs a...
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Surgery
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...used a number of natural anesthetics, including opium and the mandrake, a plant that can have a narcotic affect. A first century Greek physician in Nero ’ s army wrote that after using mandrake, patients receiving surgery “ do not apprehend the...
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