| 1. | a deep-red, water-insoluble resin exuding from the fruit of a palm, Daemonorops draco, of the Malay Archipelago, used chiefly in the preparation of varnishes and in photoengraving for protecting certain areas of the metal plate from the acid. |
| 2. | any of various similar resins from other trees. |
| 3. | Pompeian red. |
| a dull, grayish red. |
| drag·on's blood (drāg'ənz) n.
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dragon's blood
red resin obtained from the fruit of several palms of the genus Daemonorops and used in colouring varnishes and lacquers. Once valued as a medicine in Europe because of its astringent properties, dragon's blood now is used as a varnish for violins and in photoengraving for preventing undercutting of the printing surface during etching
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