mandrake

noun4

1. •
   Any plant of the genus Mandragora, certain of which are said to have medicinal or aphrodisiac properties; the root of these plants often resembles the shape of a small person, hence occasioning various mythic, magical, or occult uses.
2. •
   A root of a mandrake plant that resembled human form, especially one kept or used for magic or occult purposes.

   • Mandrakes were sometimes considered in the light of familiars. Witches kept both male and female specimens of the magic root in bottles[.] — 1936
3. •
   A kind of tiny demon immune to fire.
4. •
   (slang) The drug methaqualone.