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Dragon tree
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 – the source of dragon's blood.
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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 – the source of dragon's blood.
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| 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. |
| dracaenanoun | (botany) Any of the genus Dracaena of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers. |
| dragonheadnoun | Any plant of the genus Dracocephalum. |
| green dragonnoun | (uncountable) A tincture of cannabis, typically made by soaking the flowers, leaves, or stems in ethyl alcohol. |
| dragon's bloodnoun | 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. |
| snake plantnoun | A plant of species Dracaena trifasciata (syn. Sansevieria trifasciata), a west African plant with stiff, long, erect leaves, often grown as a houseplant. |
| dragon's headnoun | Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dragon, head. |
| dragon's wortnoun | A perennial herb, tarragon, Artemisia dracunculus. |
| song of indianoun | Dracaena reflexa, a tropical tree often grown as an ornamental. |
| dragon arumnoun | Any of species Dracunculus vulgaris of aroid plants. |
| sandragonnoun | Alternative form of sangdragon. [The tree Pterocarpus indicus.] |
| dragonrootnoun | Green dragon, certain plants of family Araceae. |
| grass treenoun | (Australia) Any of various small trees of the family Xanthorrhoeaceae (especially of the genus Xanthorrhoea), having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grass-like leaves. |
| mother-in-law's tonguenoun | A plant with narrow, leathery, pointed leaves, of species Dracaena trifasciata (syn. Sansevieria trifasciata), often grown as a houseplant for its distinctive foliage and its tolerance of low light. The leaves are also the source of a tough fiber used for rope. |
| neyandanoun | A flowering plant of species Dracaena trifasciata, mother-in-law's tongue. |
| dragonfruitnoun | Alternative form of dragon fruit. [The fruit of certain cacti of the genus (Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.), cultivated in Southeast Asia and Central and South America, having cerise-pink- or yellow-coloured skin and a white or pink sweet fleshy interior with black seeds.] |
| dragonwortnoun | Tarragon, an edible aromatic herb, of species Artemisia dracunculus, in the daisy family, Asteraceae. |
| bowstring hempnoun | Any species in the genus Sansevieria (which many recent references treat as part of the genus Dracaena), most notably the mother-in-law's tongue. |
| duriannoun | The spiky edible fruit of this tree, known for its strong taste and very strong, unpleasant odor. |
| dragon's teethnoun | (military) Square-pyramidal fortifications of reinforced concrete to impede the movement of tanks and mechanised infantry. |
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