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Dragon's blood
A bright red resin, obtained from different species of a number of distinct plants Calamus rotang and genera Croton, Dracaena, Daemonorops, and Pterocarpus, used in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, medicines, and incenses.
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A bright red resin, obtained from different species of a number of distinct plants Calamus rotang and genera Croton, Dracaena, Daemonorops, and Pterocarpus, used in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, medicines, and incenses.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dragon's blood"
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| Word | Definition |
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| resinnoun | A viscous water-insoluble hydrocarbon exudate of certain plants, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications. |
| dragon treenoun | Any of several trees, of the genus Dracaena, having a thick trunk, sword-shaped leaves and orange fruit, especially Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands – a source of dragon's blood. |
| draconic | Relating to or suggestive of dragons. |
| calamusnoun | The sweet flag, Acorus calamus. |
| dracaena draco | Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, western Morocco, and possibly introduced into the Azores. |
| draconinnoun | (chemistry) A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood. |
| rednoun | (countable and uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour. |
| slayernoun | A killer; a murderer; someone who slays. |
| lungnoun | (anatomy) A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood. |
| eelnoun | Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes. |
| manticorenoun | (Greek mythology) A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. It may be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets. |
| ogrenoun | (mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh. |
| roarnoun | Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise. |
| arethusanoun | A bog orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, sole species of the genus Arethusa, having a magenta flower; the dragon's mouth. |
| cockatricenoun | (mythology) A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics. |
| draconoun | (African-American Vernacular) A short-barreled Kalashnikov-pattern rifle. |
| firenoun | (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering. |
| flyverb | (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies. |
| georgenoun | A male given name from Ancient Greek. |
| heronoun | Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds. |
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