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A mandrake is the root of a plant, historically derived either from plants of the genus Mandragora (in the family Solanaceae) found in the Mediterranean region, or from other species, such as Bryonia alba (the English mandrake, in the family Cucurbitaceae) or the American mandrake (Podophyllum peltatum in the family Berberidaceae) which have similar properties.
Mandrake is a magician whose work is based on an unusually fast hypnotic technique. As noted in captions, when Mandrake "gestures hypnotically", his subjects see illusions, and Mandrake has used this technique against a variety of villains including gangsters, mad scientists, extraterrestrials, and characters from other dimensions. [1]
Mandragora is a plant genus belonging to the nightshade family ().Members of the genus are known as mandrakes.Between three and five species are placed in the genus. The one or two species found around the Mediterranean constitute the mandrake of ancient writers such as Dioscorides.
Lee Falk (/ f ɔː k /), born Leon Harrison Gross (/ ɡ r oʊ s /; April 28, 1911 – March 13, 1999), was an American cartoonist, writer, theater director, and producer, best known as the creator of the comic strips Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom. At the height of their popularity, these strips attracted over 100 million readers every day.
Shark Tank, which first premiered in 2009, offers some of America's most creative and innovative entrepreneurs the chance to give their businesses a financial boost by pitching their ideas to the ...
Shark Tank [b] is an American business reality television series that premiered on August 9, 2009, on ABC. [2] The show is the American franchise of the international format Dragons' Den , a British TV series, which itself is a remake of the Japanese TV show The Tigers of Money. [ 3 ]
Melissa Butler is an American entrepreneur who founded the vegan lipstick brand The Lip Bar. She is known for her 2015 appearance on Shark Tank, where she unsuccessfully pitched her vegan lipstick brand. [1] [2] She later launched and grew the company.
The names autumn mandrake and Mediterranean mandrake are then used. [3] Whatever the circumscription, Mandragora officinarum is a perennial herbaceous plant with ovate leaves arranged in a rosette, a thick upright root, often branched, and bell-shaped flowers followed by yellow or orange berries .