mandragora
Any of a group of almost stemless Old World plants with narcotic (pain-killing and sleep-inducing) properties, belonging to the nightshade family. They have large leaves, pale blue or violet flowers, and round berries known as devil's apples. (Genus Mandragora, family Solanaceae.)
The humanlike shape of the root of M. officinarum gave rise to the superstition that it shrieks when pulled from the ground.
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