Funny where HP turns up!

[Geoff]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "bboyminn" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
 
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67@> wrote:
 Carol responds:
> > ..."Nova" had a Harry Potter reference. Last night I was watching an episode about the evolution of flowering plants. One of the scientists was excited to find mandragora fruit, ... "mandragora, made famous by the Harry Potter series" (or Harry Potter books, I forget his exact words).

> > Carol, who always associates mandragora (mandrake) with John Donne

bboyminn:
> 
> I don't know if it is necessary to note, but I'm pretty sure "Mandragora" is another name for Mandrake Root. 
> 
> Steve/bboyminn

Geoff:
That point has been made by JKR in COS....

'To nobody's surprise, Hermione;'s hand was first into the air.
"Mandrake, or Mandragora, is a powerful restorative," said 
Hermione, sounding as usual as though she had swallowed
the textbook....'
(COS "Gilderoy Lockhart" p.72 UK edition)

And to prove that she ain't kidding, my dictionary says:

mandragora >noun literary the mandrake, especially 
when used as a narcotic.