Answer: mandrakes

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MANDRAKESMay apples.
mandrakesMANDRAKE, a European herb
mandrakesA Mediterranean plant of the nightshade family, with white or purple flowers and large yellow berries. It has a forked fleshy root that supposedly resembles the human form and was formerly widely used in medicine and magic, allegedly shrieking when pulled from the ground