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dracaena

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dra·cae·na  (dr-sn)
n.
Any of several tropical plants of the genera Dracaena and Cordyline, some species of which are cultivated as house plants for their decorative foliage.
[Late Latin, female dragon, from Greek drakaina, feminine of drakn, serpent; see dragon.]
dracaena [drəˈsiːnə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any tropical plant of the genus Dracaena: some species are cultivated as house plants for their decorative foliage: family Agavaceae See also dragon's blood, dragon tree
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several similar plants of the related genus Cordyline
[from New Latin, from Latin: she-dragon, from Greek drakaina, feminine of drakōn dragon]
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Noun1.dracaenadracaena - an agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage
agave, American aloe, century plant - tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
genus Dracaena - Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae
Dracaena draco, dragon tree - tall tree of the Canary Islands; source of dragon's blood


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