dracaena

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

The roads were even smoother and neater, the hedges of dracaena and scarlet-flowered Erythrina more luxuriant. — The Man Who Did the Right Thing: A Romance, Harry Johnston
In the gardens South American aloes throw up their flowering stalks heavy with aromatic fragrance, 20 feet high, and giant dracaenas wave their feathery heads in the balmy breeze. — The Cornwall Coast, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie) Salmon

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