Mandrake, Mandragora Officionalis, Germination
In article , Druss
writes
.... but it was also labelled up as the Officionalis, (that's
really quite a silly name tho isn't it. Does it really translate as
"The
Official Mandrake", ...
officinal (Lat., of the shops), used of medicinal or other plants
procurable at shops. [A Glossary of Botanical Terms.]
I would loosely translate it as "apothecary's mandrake" or "herbalist's
mandrake".
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Stewart Robert Hinsley
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