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dragon tree

noun

a tall, treelike plant, Dracaena draco, of the canary Islands, scarce in the wild but common in cultivation, yielding a variety of dragon's blood.

any of several other plants of the genus Dracaena, as D. marginata, having long, sword-shaped, variously colored leaves, cultivated as ornamentals.

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Origin:
1605–15

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dragon tree

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	a tree, Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands, having clusters of sword-shaped leaves at the tips of its branches: family Agavaceae. It is a source of dragon's blood

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