dracaena

See also: Dracaena

English

A Socotra dragon tree (Dracaena cinnabari)

Etymology

From the genus name Dracaena, from Latin dracaena, from Ancient Greek δράκαινᾰ (drákaina, “she-dragon”).

Noun

dracaena (plural dracaenas)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Dracaena of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.
   • 2022 October 29, Melissa Kirsch, “Garden Varieties”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     “Again with this?” I groaned to the dracaenae. (“Talk to them!” numerous readers advised.) The plants chuckled and shook their heads. No they didn’t. They’re plants!

Derived terms

• cornstalk dracaena (Dracaena fragrans)

Translations

any of the genus Dracaena

• Polish: dracena f

References

• Dracaena (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dracaena (Asparagaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latin

Etymology

Romanized form of the Ancient Greek δράκαινα (drákaina, “she-dragon”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /draˈkae̯.na/, [d̪räˈkäe̯nä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /draˈt͡ʃe.na/, [d̪räˈt͡ʃɛːnä]

Noun

dracaena f (genitive dracaenae); first declension

1. a she-dragon

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dracaena	dracaenae
genitive	dracaenae	dracaenārum
dative	dracaenae	dracaenīs
accusative	dracaenam	dracaenās
ablative	dracaenā	dracaenīs
vocative	dracaena	dracaenae

Descendants

• Italian: tracina
• Translingual: Dracaena

Spanish

Noun

dracaena f (plural dracaenas)

1. dracaena