dragon's blood tree

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1. Any member of the genus Dracaena of trees, especially Dracaena cinnabari.

   But I must now say a word regarding plants interesting for their products, of which we have several in Socotra. And first mention may be here given to the dragon's-blood tree, Dracæna Cinnabari.

   1888, Isaac Bayley Balfour, Botany of Socotra (The Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; XXXI), Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son, page xxxvii

2. Any member of the species Harungana madagascariensis of trees of Madagascar.

   Synonyms: orange-milk tree, haronga