DRACAENA


Meaning of DRACAENA in English

drəˈsēnə noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, she-serpent, from Greek drakaina, feminine of drakōn, serpent — more at dragon

1. capitalized : a genus of shrubs or trees (family Liliaceae) native to the Old World tropics that have branches terminated by clusters of sword-shaped leaves, that bear panicles of small greenish white flowers, and that yield a dragon's blood — see dragon tree

2. or dracaena palm or dracena -s : any plant of the genus Dracaena or of the related genus Cordyline

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