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Definition of Dracaena
1. Noun. An agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage.
Group relationships: Genus Dracaena
Specialized synonyms: Dracaena Draco, Dragon Tree
Definition of Dracaena
1. Noun. (botany) Any of the genus ''Dracaena'' of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dracaena
1. a tropical plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dracaena
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dracaena
Literary usage of Dracaena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1864)
"That which will probably be the most useful to cultivators was the New Caledonian
dracaena Cooperi, a recurved-leaved sort with the fine colors and markings ..."
2. Report on the Teneriffe Astronomical Experiment of 1856 by Charles Piazzi Smyth (1858)
"At 20 to 30 years of age, the continual lengthening of its stem makes a dracaena
Draco somewhat resemble a sturdy young palm-tree—its crown of radiating, ..."
3. The Floral Magazine (1880)
"dracaena AURANTIACA. This is a very fine and effective variety of the narrow-leaved
section, the habit of the plant being erect and slender; the leaves long ..."
4. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"The genus dracaena consists of about 50 species, distributed over the ... In fact,
dracaena aurea is the only representative of this genus in Polynesia. ..."
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