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View synonyms for green dragon
green dragon
noun
- dragon8
green dragon
noun
- a North American aroid plant, Arisaema dracontium, with a long slender spadix projecting from a green or white long narrow spathe Also calleddragonroot
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Word History and Origins
Origin of green dragon1
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20
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Example Sentences
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.
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“Green Dragon,” and were near the summit of the rise, when a sudden rush of wheels arrested them.
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Thus it fell out one day that she had gone to the “Green Dragon” and brought back thence a letter to Mr. Archer.
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About this time there was a long room built at the Green Dragon at Harrogate.
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It was the ostler from the ‘Green Dragon’ bringing a letter for Mr. Archer.
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