Definitions for dragon-tree

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dragon-tree dragon tree

Dragon-Tree is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 622 anagrams from letters in dragon-tree (-adeegnorrt).

Definitions for 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.

Origin of dragon-tree

First recorded in 1605-15

Examples for dragon-tree

The dragon tree is the slowest of growth among vegetables; it seems also to be slowest in decay.

It is crowned, however, with a leaf like that of the palmetto; but the tufts of the dragon tree resemble the yucca in growth.

It includes the dragon tree of Teneriffe (D. Draco), celebrated for producing the resin called dragon's blood.