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Definition of Genus dracaena
1. Noun. Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae.
Group relationships: Agavaceae, Agave Family, Family Agavaceae, Sisal Family
Member holonyms: Dracaena
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dracaena
Literary usage of Genus dracaena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"Of interest here is the arborescent genus Dracaena, which is represented in these
... The genus Dracaena consists of about 50 species, distributed over the ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"14, for a monograph of the genus. Dracaena Draco, of the Canaries, is the Dragon
Tree. It reaches a height of 30-CO ft., branching when of great age. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Other resins to which the same name has been given commercially are those of
various trees of the genus Dracaena growing on the island of Socotra (whence ..."
4. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland, Thomasina Ross (1852)
"... tempera- * The form of the dragon-tree is exhibited iu several species of the
genus Dracaena, at the Cape of Good Hope, in China, and in New Zealand. ..."
5. Greenhouse Management: A Manual for Florists and Flower Lovers on the by Levi Rawson Taft (1898)
"In the genus Dracaena, we find only a few species in cultivation, D. concinna, D.
Draco, D. elliptica, D. fragrans and its varieties, D. Goldiana and D. ..."
6. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland, Thomasina Ross (1852)
"... supposing the mean tempera- * The form of the dragon-tree is exhibited in
several species of the genus Dracaena, at the Cape of Good Hope, in China, ..."
7. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"Numerous representatives of the lily family, especially of the genus Dracaena,
will be found on the south bench, and these are much used for ornamental ..."
8. Greatest Wonders of the World by Esther Singleton (1900)
"... Guanches had connexions with other nations originally from Asia .?1 1 The form
of the dragon-tree is exhibited in several species of the genus Dracaena, ..."
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