dracaena

American  

[druh-see-nuh] / drəˈsi nə /

Or dracena

noun

1. any treelike tropical plant of the genus Dracaena, many species of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy leaves.

2. any plant of the closely related genus Cordyline.

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dracaena British  

/ drəˈsiːnə /

noun

1. any tropical plant of the genus Dracaena : some species are cultivated as house plants for their decorative foliage: family Agavaceae See also dragon's blood dragon tree

2. any of several similar plants of the related genus Cordyline

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Etymology

Origin of dracaena

< New Latin (Linnaeus) < Greek drákaina, feminine of drákōn dragon

Example Sentences

My collection ranges from thumb-size succulents to a dracaena taller than I am.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2021

They got into my big dracaena, my fiddle-leaf fig, my bird of paradise.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2021

For a residence designed by the artist Maya Lin, Hayes will be interspersing dracaena trees with her terrariums and gazing globes. 

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2015

Instead, many of the products contained nothing but cheap fillers, including a common houseplant called dracaena.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2015

I’d never gotten to look at a dracaena up close before, and I wasn’t real thrilled to have the opportunity.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan