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Dracaena


Dra-cæ′na

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] she-dragon.]
(Bot.)
A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.
Dracæna Draco, the source of the dragon’s blood of the Canaries, forms a tree, sometimes of gigantic size.

Definition 2024


Dracaena

Dracaena

See also: dracaena

Translingual

Proper noun

Dracaena f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – the dragon trees.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Teiidae – the caiman lizards.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

See also

dracaena

dracaena

See also: Dracaena

English

Noun

dracaena (plural dracaenas)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Dracaena of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.

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Latin

Etymology

Romanized form of the Ancient Greek δράκαινα (drákaina, she-dragon)

Pronunciation

Noun

dracaena f (genitive dracaenae); first declension

  1. a she-dragon
  2. vocative singular of dracaena

dracaenā f

  1. ablative singular of dracaena

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative dracaena dracaenae
genitive dracaenae dracaenārum
dative dracaenae dracaenīs
accusative dracaenam dracaenās
ablative dracaenā dracaenīs
vocative dracaena dracaenae