Definitions for dracaenas

dracaenas dra·cae·na

Spelling: [druh-see-nuh]
IPA: /drəˈsi nə/

Dracaenas is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 367 anagrams from letters in dracaenas (aaacdenrs).

Definitions for dracaenas

noun

  1. any treelike tropical plant of the genus Dracaena, many species of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy leaves.
  2. any plant of the closely related genus Cordyline.

Origin of dracaenas

New Latin (Linnaeus) Greek drákaina, feminine of drákōn dragon

Examples for dracaenas

The leaf of the ti (dracaena terminalis) was carried as a banner wherever the troops went.

These were rather light-skinned, and some quite good-looking, and all wore girdles of dracaena leaves.

In connexion with the various designs such fine plants as Agave americana, dracaena indivisa are often used as centre-pieces.

dracaena and the allied genus Cordyline occur in the warmer regions of the Old World.

A large number of the garden species of dracaena are varieties of Cordyline terminalis.

The said girdle is made of the ti leaves (dracaena terminalis).

Word Value for dracaenas
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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