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Definition of Dragon tree
1. Noun. Tall tree of the Canary Islands; source of dragon's blood.
Definition of Dragon tree
1. Noun. any of several trees, of the genus ''Dracaena'', having a thick trunk, sword-shaped leaves and orange fruit, especially ''Dracaena draco'' from the Canary Islands - the source of dragon's blood ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dragon Tree
Literary usage of Dragon tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1887)
"IN the Canary Islands, the Hes- perides of the ancients, flourishes a strange
tree of the "gigantic lily" order, the Dragon-tree ; or as it is sometimes ..."
2. The Travels and Researches of Alexander Von Humboldt: Being a Condensed by Alexander von Humboldt, William MacGillivray (1869)
"... of the Coast—Orotava—Dragon-tree- Ascent of the Peak—Its Geological
Character—Eruptions—Zones of Vegetation—Fires of St. John. ..."
3. Greatest Wonders of the World by Esther Singleton (1900)
"THE DRAGON-TREE OF ... Although we had been made acquainted, from the narratives
of many travellers, with the dragon-tree in M. ..."
4. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"... Plants—The Baobab—Its Gigantic Size—Age of the Great Trees—Dragon-Trees—The
Great Dragon-Tree of Orotava— The Sycamore—The Banyan—The Sacred Bo-Tree—The ..."
5. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"Tradition reports that this dragon tree was revered by the Guanches, ...
Considering that the dragon- tree, in every situation, is of slow growth, ..."
6. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"THE DRAGON-TREE OF OROTAVA. BY ALICE CARTER COOK. ON the Fortunate Islands, in
the garden of the Hesperides, at the end of the world, near the borders of ..."
7. Views of Nature: Or, Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation by Alexander von Humboldt, Elise C. Otté, Henry George Bohn (1850)
"This colossal dragon-tree (Dracaena draco) stands in the garden of M. Franqui,
... When it is remembered that the dragon-tree is everywhere of very slow ..."
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