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green dragon

noun

green dragon

a North American aroid plant, Arisaema dracontium, with a long slender spadix projecting from a green or white long narrow spathe Also calleddragonroot

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

It was guarded by a dog and a green dragon, to conciliate which the dead were furnished with slips of paper by way of toll.

“Green Dragon,” and were near the summit of the rise, when a sudden rush of wheels arrested them.

Thus it fell out one day that she had gone to the “Green Dragon” and brought back thence a letter to Mr. Archer.

About this time there was a long room built at the Green Dragon at Harrogate.

It was the ostler from the ‘Green Dragon’ bringing a letter for Mr. Archer.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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