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dragon root

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drag⋅on⋅root

  [drag-uhn-root, -root]
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–noun
See under dragon (def. 8).
Origin:
1615–25; dragon + root 1

drag⋅on

  [drag-uhn]
–noun
1. a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
2. Archaic. a huge serpent or snake.
3. Bible. a large animal, possibly a large snake or crocodile.
4. the dragon, Satan.
5. a fierce, violent person.
6. a very watchful and strict woman.
7. flying dragon.
8. Botany. any of several araceous plants, as Arisaema dracontium (green dragon or dragonroot), the flowers of which have a long, slender spadix and a green, shorter spathe.
9. a short musket carried by a mounted infantryman in the 16th and 17th centuries.
10. a soldier armed with such a musket.
11. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Draco.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME < OF < L dracōn- (s. of dracō) < Gk drákōn kind of serpent, prob. orig. epithet, the (sharp-)sighted one, akin to dérkesthai to look

Related forms:
drag⋅on⋅ish, adjective
drag⋅on⋅like, adjective
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drag·on·root   (drāg'ən-rōōt', -rŏŏt')   
n.  See green dragon.
green dragon  
n.  A tuberous plant (Arisaema dracontium) of eastern North America, having divided leaves and minute flowers at the base of a long slender spadix projecting from a narrow green spathe. Also called dragonroot.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
dragon

  1. n.
    the penis. (See also drain the dragon = urinate.) : I think he's in love with his dragon.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

dragon 
c.1220, from O.Fr. dragon, from L. draconem (nom. draco) "serpent, dragon," from Gk. drakon (gen. drakontos) "serpent, seafish," from drak-, strong aorist stem of derkesthai "to see clearly." But perhaps the lit. sense is "the one with the (deadly) glance." The young are dragonets (14c.). Obsolete drake "dragon" is an older borrowing of the same word. Used in the Bible to translate Heb. tannin "a great sea-monster," and tan, a desert mammal now believed to be the jackal. Dragonfly is from 1626.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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