דודא

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Hebrew

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Root
ד־ו־ד (d-w-d)

Etymology

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Compare Old Armenian դդում (ddum, gourd). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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דּוּדָא (dúdam (plural indefinite דּוּדָאִים, singular construct דּוּדָא־, plural construct דּוּדָאֵי־)

  1. mandrake (plant of the genus Mandragora)
  2. (especially in the plural) mandrake (flower or fruit of the mandrake plant)

References

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  • דודא” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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