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mătrăgună

“mătrăgună” is a Romanian word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. belladonna (the plant Atropa belladonna)

In Romanian

  1. (bot.) (Atropa belladonna) plantă erbacee otrăvitoare din familia solanaceelor, cu flori brune-violete care conțin atropină și cu fructe negre, lucitoare, întrebuințată în medicină pentru proprietățile ei antiseptice și cardiace; beladonă, doamna-codrului, doamnă-mare.

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Ancient Greek μανδραγόρας (mandragóras). Compare the Albanian cognate matërgonë and Hungarian nadragulya. It may have arrived via a Vulgar Latin intermediate root *mandragona. Compare Spanish martagón. Alternatively, and less likely, from a substratum or Dacian source.

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