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Webster 1913 Edition
Dracaena
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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
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – the dragon trees.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Teiidae – the caiman lizards.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Asparagaceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Asparagales - order; Asparagaceae - family; Nolinoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (plant genus): For species see
Dracaena (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia and
Dracaena (Vand. ex L.) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- (lizard genus): Dracaena guianensis, Dracaena paraguayensis (species)
See also
- (plant genus):
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Dracaena (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Dracaena (Vand. ex L.) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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Dracaena on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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- (lizard genus):
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Dracaena (lizard) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Dracaena (Teiidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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Dracaena (reptile) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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dracaena
dracaena
See also: Dracaena
English
Noun
dracaena (plural dracaenas)
See also
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dracaena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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dracaena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Latin
Etymology
Romanized form of the Ancient Greek δράκαινα (drákaina, “she-dragon”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /draˈkae̯.na/
Noun
dracaena f (genitive dracaenae); first declension
- a she-dragon
- vocative singular of dracaena
dracaenā f
- ablative singular of dracaena
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | dracaena | dracaenae |
genitive | dracaenae | dracaenārum |
dative | dracaenae | dracaenīs |
accusative | dracaenam | dracaenās |
ablative | dracaenā | dracaenīs |
vocative | dracaena | dracaenae |