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mandrake
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man·drake
/ ˈmanˌdrāk/
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n.
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a Mediterranean plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the nightshade family, with white or purple flowers and yellow berries. It has a forked root that supposedly resembles the human form and was formerly used in medicine and magic.
2. another term for mayapple.
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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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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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Linux-Mandrake Ranked First in Linux Sales in July with Twice the Amount of Sales of Red Hat Distribution.
Business Wire; 9/22/1999; 700+ words
; ...MandrakeSoft(TM) (www.linux-mandrake.com), the premier publisher of the popular Linux-Mandrake(TM) operating system, today announced...Complete Linux 6.0" based on Linux-Mandrake, lead July Linux sales with 10,445...
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Linux-Mandrake Ranked First Linux Downloads at Tucows.com.
PR Newswire; 4/27/2000; 700+ words
; ...the powerful and user-friendly Linux-Mandrake operating system, announced that Linux-Mandrake 7.0 was downloaded more than any other...MandrakeSoft started distributing Linux-Mandrake on the Internet and was the first company...
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Mandrake linux gaming edition: Operating system. (first looks).
Magazine article from: Australian PC World; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...has been the ability to run Windows games natively. Mandrake Linux has teamed up with TransGaming Technologies to make this viable. Mandrake Linux Gaming Edition combines the popular Mandrake 8.1 Linux distribution with the WineX portability...
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A mandrake's scream
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 5/5/1995; ; 569 words
; ...have hired you with mandrakes." Whether Rahel...she probably felt the mandrake roots had made it possible...lots are places where mandrakes abound. But then again...to rescue the smaller mandrake plants and transplant...that many people have mandrakes in their gardens. Its...
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Macmillan Owns Retail Market With Linux-Mandrake OS; Distributor and Publishing Partners Continue to Gain Market Dominance.
Business Wire; 7/26/2000; 700+ words
; ...Macmillan's software product, Linux-Mandrake Complete 7.0, leads the business category...Red Hat Linux 6.1) than Linux-Mandrake Complete 7.0. Macmillan USA and MandrakeSoft...editions to the award winning Linux-Mandrake repertoire, the 7.1 line of software...
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MandrakeSoft Announces Availability of Linux-Mandrake on Sun UltraSPARC(TM) Platforms.
PR Newswire; 2/2/2000; 700+ words
; ...publisher of the user-friendly Linux-Mandrake operating system, today announced that...award winning operating system, Linux-Mandrake 7.0, is now available on the UltraSPARC...significantly expand the reach of Linux-Mandrake within the enterprise. MandrakeSoft...
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Quadratec Delivers Enterprise-Class Backup Software for Linux-Mandrake.
PR Newswire; 4/26/2000; 700+ words
; ...a Time Navigator version for Linux-Mandrake, bringing additional data security solutions...Quadratec will support the Linux-Mandrake operating system as a preferred server...Commercial Applications CD of Linux-Mandrake 7.1 (in evaluation version) that...
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Harry Potter's art of manhandling screaming mandrakes
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/10/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the art of manhandling mandrakes. These potted herbs...history well, for the mandrake is indeed steeped in...widely believed that a mandrake on the hearth would...the herbalist sold his mandrake root for top dollar...place. Counterfeit mandrakes inevitably appeared...
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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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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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Planer, Franz
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Der grosse Unbekannte (Noa); Die Pflicht zu schweigen (Wilhelm); Wie heirate ich meinen Chef (Schall); Alraune (Mandrake ; Unholy Love ; A Daughter of Destiny ) (Galeen) 1928 Heut' spielt der Strauss (Wiene); Die Rothausgasse (Oswald...
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Shimono, Sab 1943–
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...Kwan, A Year in the Life, NBC, 1986. Television Appearances; Movies: Cao, When Hell Was in Session, NBC, 1979. Ho, Mandrake, NBC, 1979. Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes, NBC, 1990. Hiro, Plymouth, ABC, 1991. Commandant Natsume, Silent Cries...
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