"dragon's blood tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dragon's blood trees [plural], dragon's-blood-tree [alternative], dragon's-blood tree [alternative], dragon blood tree [alternative], dragon blood-tree [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dragon's blood tree (plural dragon's blood trees)
  1. Any member of the genus Dracaena of trees, especially Dracaena cinnabari.
    Sense id: en-dragon's_blood_tree-en-noun-4SDCgWSo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Chichewa translations, Malpighiales order plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Chichewa translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Malpighiales order plants: 73 27
  2. Any member of the species Harungana madagascariensis of trees of Madagascar. Synonyms: orange-milk tree, haronga Translations (Harungana madagascariensis): mbuluni [class-3] (Chichewa)
    Sense id: en-dragon's_blood_tree-en-noun-zZ8FLHQF Disambiguation of 'Harungana madagascariensis': 0 100

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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