ˌkȯ(r)d ə lˈī(ˌ)nē noun
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Late Greek kordylē club, from Greek, bump, swelling; from the stout caudex
1. capitalized : a genus of tropical Old World plants (family Liliaceae) having a creeping rhizome and often included in the genus Dracaena but distinguished by the single ovule in each cell of the ovary and by the solitary pedicles — see ti ; compare dracaena
2. -s : any tree of the genus Cordyline