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GENUS DRACAENA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dracaena mean? 

GENUS DRACAENA (noun)
  The noun GENUS DRACAENA has 1 sense:

1. Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceaeplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS DRACAENA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS DRACAENA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Dracaena" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dracaena"):

dracaena (an agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage)

Holonyms ("genus Dracaena" is a member of...):

Agavaceae; agave family; family Agavaceae; sisal family (chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae)


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