Mandragora may refer to:
Biology
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''Mandragora'' (genus), a plant genus in the nightshade family
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Mandragora autumnalis
''Mandragora autumnalis'', known as mandrake or autumn mandrake, is recognized by some sources as a separate species from ''Mandragora officinarum'', although with different Circumscription (taxonomy), circumscriptions. Others regard it as mere ...
'', mandrake or autumn mandrake
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Mandragora caulescens
''Mandragora caulescens'', the Himalayan mandrake, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae, native to the Himalayas and mountainous regions of Myanmar and south-west China. One of the differences from the other species of '' Mand ...
'', Himalayan mandrake
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Mandragora officinarum
''Mandragora officinarum'' is the type species of the plant genus '' Mandragora'' in the nightshade family Solanaceae. It is often known as mandrake, although this name is also used for other plants. , sources differed significantly in the specie ...
'', mandrake or Mediterranean mandrake, the type species of the genus
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Mandragora turcomanica
Mandragora turcomanica, the Turkmenian mandrake, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae, native to the Köpet Dag mountains in Turkmenistan and one location in neighbouring Iran. It differs from the mandrakes found around the M ...
'', Turkmenian mandrake
Arts and entertainment
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''Mandragora'' (novel), 1991 novel by David McRobbie
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''Mandragora'' (film), 1997 film by Wiktor Grodecki
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Mandragora (band)
Mandragora are an English space rock/world dance music band from Brighton, England, whose formative output can be described as psychedelic rock with ethnic sounds and tribal rhythms. Formed in 1983, the band have released 5 albums of their ow ...
, UK psychedelic rock band
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Mandragora Movies
''Closer to the Moon'' () is a 2013 comedy-drama film written and directed by Nae Caranfil, and starring Vera Farmiga, Mark Strong, Harry Lloyd, Joe Armstrong (actor), Joe Armstrong, Tim Plester, Christian McKay and Anton Lesser. Based on the tru ...
, Romanian film production company
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La Mandrágora
''La Mandrágora'' (Spanish for ''The Mandrake'') was a Chilean Surrealist group "officially founded" on 12 July 1938 by Braulio Arenas (1913-1988), Teófilo Cid and Enrique Gómez Correa.[Karol Szymanowski
Karol Maciej Szymanowski (; 3 October 188229 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernism (music), modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Szymanowski's early w ...]
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The Masque of Mandragora
''The Masque of Mandragora'' is the first serial of the Doctor Who (season 14), 14th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC One, BBC1 from 4 to 25 September 19 ...
'', a serial in the BBC TV series ''Doctor Who''
Other uses
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Rolando Mandragora (born 1997), Italian footballer
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Mandragora (demon), familiar demons who appear in the figures of little men without beards
See also
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Mandrake (disambiguation)
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