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dragon tree

noun

  1. a tall, treelike plant, Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands, scarce in the wild but common in cultivation, yielding a variety of dragon's blood.
  2. any of several other plants of the genus Dracaena, as D. marginata, having long, sword-shaped, variously colored leaves, cultivated as ornamentals.


dragon tree

noun

  1. a tree, Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands, having clusters of sword-shaped leaves at the tips of its branches: family Agavaceae . It is a source of dragon's blood
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dragon tree1

First recorded in 1605–15
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At the end of my second date with Jonathan, we stood by a spiky dragon tree on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica and hugged.

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It beat a sycamore that grows on top of an Essex castle and a dragon tree on the Isle of Wight to scoop the prize.

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In two pieces with the latent energy of musical instruments, he threads dragon tree fronds through the holes of chicken wire that rises in a column from a planter.

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One of the most iconic of its native species is the blood dragon tree - a striking, umbrella-shaped tree with a thick trunk.

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Which is why I also put a Canary Island dragon tree in the room.â€

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