See Also: Mandragora(medicine)
mandragora(dictionary)

ambiguity (oh) and mandragora (iou)


ambiguity (oh)



[U and C]
the state of being unclear, confusing, or not certain, or things that produce this effect
ambiguity in
::There was an element of ambiguity in the president's reply.
::legal ambiguities

mandragora (iou)



mandragora noun. . OE.
[(Old & mod. French mandragore from) medieval Latin mandragora, classical Latin -as from Greek mandragoras, prob. of pre-Hellenic origin.]
= MANDRAKE 1 (arch.). Now only (Botany), any of the various plants of the genus Mandragora.
fig.: J. Galt Earnest Employment is the best mandragora for an aching heart.