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dragon tree

dragon tree noun: any of several trees, of the genus Dracaena, having a thick trunk, sword-shaped leaves and orange fruit, especially Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands – a source of dragon's blood.

dragon tree: any of several trees, of the genus Dracaena, having a thick trunk, sword-shaped leaves and orange...
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Noun

dragon tree (plural dragon trees)

  1. Any of several trees, of the genus Dracaena, having a thick trunk, sword-shaped leaves and orange fruit, especially Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands – a source of dragon's blood.
    • Another ancient vegetable relic surviving in Macaronesia is the legendary dragon tree, whose sap, marketed as dragon’s blood, was in past times much prized as a medicine, as incense and as a dye.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 97

dragon tree meaning in Bengali and Arabic

dragon tree in Bengali

tree of the genus Dracaena
আজদাহা গাছ azdaha gach

dragon tree in Arabic

tree of the genus Dracaena
أَيْدَع ʔaydaʕ, دَم الْأَخَوَيْن dam al-ʔaḵawayn, دَم التِنِّين dam at-tinnīn, دَم الثُعْبَان dam aṯ-ṯuʕbān, عَنْدَم ʕandam

Forms of dragon tree

pluraldragon trees

Questions about dragon tree

What does dragon tree mean?
Dragon tree means any of several trees, of the genus Dracaena, having a thick trunk, sword-shaped leaves and orange fruit, especially Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands – a source of dragon's blood.
What is dragon tree in Bengali?
Dragon tree in Bengali is আজদাহা গাছ (azdaha gach). See Dragon tree meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is dragon tree?
Dragon tree is a noun.
What is the plural of dragon tree?
The plural of dragon tree is dragon trees.

Words near dragon tree in the dictionary

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  3. dragon snakes
  4. dragon tongue bean
  5. dragon tongue beans
  6. dragon tree
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  8. dragon whisperer
  9. dragon whisperers
  10. dragon worm
  11. dragon worms

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