dragon tree

noun

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.

Similar
Dracaena draco
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Meanings

noundragon tree (plural dragon trees)

plural dragon trees

  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.

    Another ancient vegetable relic surviving in Macaronesia is the legendary dragon tree, whose sap, marketed as dragon’s blood, was in past times much prized as a medicine, as incense and as a dye.

    2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 97

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
Dracaena draco
Broader
dracaena

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic أَيْدَع, دَم الْأَخَوَيْن
  • أَيْدَع (ʔaydaʕ)tree of the genus Dracaena
  • دَم الْأَخَوَيْن (dam al-ʔaḵawayn)tree of the genus Dracaena
  • دَم التِنِّين (dam at-tinnīn)tree of the genus Dracaena
  • دَم الثُعْبَان (dam aṯ-ṯuʕbān)tree of the genus Dracaena
  • عَنْدَم (ʕandam)tree of the genus Dracaena
Bengali আজদাহা গাছ
  • আজদাহা গাছ (azdaha gach)tree of the genus Dracaena
Dutch drakenbloedboom
  • drakenbloedboomtree of the genus Dracaena
Finnish traakkipuu
  • traakkipuutree of the genus Dracaena
French dragonnier
  • dragonniertree of the genus Dracaena
German Drachenbaum
  • Drachenbaumtree of the genus Dracaena
Italian dracena
  • dracenatree of the genus Dracaena
Polish smokowiec, smocze drzewo
  • smokowiectree of the genus Dracaena
  • smocze drzewotree of the genus Dracaena
  • drzewo smoczetree of the genus Dracaena
  • dracenatree of the genus Dracaena
Russian драце́на
  • драце́на (dracéna)tree of the genus Dracaena
Swedish drakblodsträd
  • drakblodsträdtree of the genus Dracaena
Turkish kardeşkanı ağacı
  • kardeşkanı ağacıtree of the genus Dracaena
Ukrainian драце́на
  • драце́на (dracéna)tree of the genus Dracaena
Cite this entry
APA

dragon tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dragon%20tree

MLA

“dragon tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dragon%20tree. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dragon tree,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dragon%20tree.

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