Difference between Mandrake Root and Mandrake

MANDRAKE ROOT vs MANDRAKE: NOUN

Any plant of the genus Mandragora, certain of which are said to have medicinal properties; the curiously shaped root of these plants has been likened to the shape of a little man, and thus, has attained some mythic significance.
A mandragora, a kind of tiny demon immune to fire.
A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region.
In heraldry, a figure resembling a root with two long and pointed bifurcations usually twisted together, and the whole crowned with leaves and berries.
The May-apple, Podophyllum peltatum.
A plant of the genus Mandragora.
The enchanter's nightshade, Circæa Lutetiana.
The root of this plant, which contains the poisonous alkaloid hyoscyamine.
A southern European plant (Mandragora officinarum) in the nightshade family, having greenish-yellow flowers and a branched root. This plant was once believed to have magical powers because its root resembles the human body.
The root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic
A plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers

Wood sorrel, Chthonic, Lungwort, Horehound, Mugwort, Cinnamon bark, Fungus gnat, Creeping charlie, Meadowsweet, Mucilaginous, Grapefruit peel, Caraway seed, Decoctions, Wolfsbane, Mandrake

Datura, Jewelweed, Meadowsweet, Cardoon, Dieffenbachia, Marsh marigold, Deadly nightshade, Brugmansia, Creeping charlie, Henbane, Monkshood, Wolfsbane, Account, Mandragora officinarum, Mandrake root

Pennyroyal, Caul, Wood sorrel, Chthonic, Lungwort, Horehound, Cinnamon bark, Fungus gnat, Creeping charlie, Meadowsweet, Mucilaginous, Grapefruit peel, Caraway seed, Decoctions, Mandrake

Asclepias, Andromeda, Teasel, Goutweed, Datura, Jewelweed, Meadowsweet, Cardoon, Dieffenbachia, Marsh marigold, Brugmansia, Creeping charlie, Monkshood, Account, Mandrake root

The story is based upon the legend of Alraune and the powers of the mandrake root to impregnate women.
We know that Rachel and her sister thought that the mandrake root could cure barrenness in women.