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dragon's blood

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drag·on's blood (drgnz)
n.
1. A red, resinous substance obtained from the fruit of a climbing palm (Daemonorops draco) of tropical Asia, formerly used in the manufacture of varnishes and lacquers.
2. Any of several resins similar to this substance.
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Noun1.dragon's blood - a dark red resinous substance derived from various trees and used in photoengraving
gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying


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Siegfried, in the Nibelungen, is not quite immortal, for a leaf fell on his back whilst he was bathing in the dragon's blood, and that spot which it covered is mortal.
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