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dragon tree

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several trees, of the genus Dracaena, having a thick trunk, sword-shaped leaves and orange fruit, especially Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands – a source of dragon's blood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

tall tree of the Canary Islands; source of dragon's blood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Dracaena draco

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dracaena

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَيْدَع (ʔaydaʕ) — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Arabic: دَم الْأَخَوَيْن (dam al-ʔaḵawayn) — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Arabic: دَم التِنِّين (dam at-tinnīn) — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Arabic: دَم الثُعْبَان (dam aṯ-ṯuʕbān) — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Arabic: عَنْدَم (ʕandam) — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Azerbaijani: drasena — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Bengali: আজদাহা গাছ (azdaha gach) — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Dutch: drakenbloedboom — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Finnish: traakkipuu — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • French: dragonnier — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • German: Drachenbaum — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Italian: dracena — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Polish: smokowiec — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Polish: smocze drzewo — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Polish: drzewo smocze — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Polish: dracena — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Russian: драце́на (dracéna) — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Sango: këkë tî süä — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Soqotri: ʔaʕarhī́yəb — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Swedish: drakblodsträd — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Turkish: kardeşkanı ağacı — tree of the genus Dracaena
  • Ukrainian: драце́на (dracéna) — tree of the genus Dracaena