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单词 dragon-tree
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dragon-treen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dragon n.1, tree n.
Etymology: < dragon n.1 + tree n.Compare German Drachenbaum (a1590). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdragon-tree.
The monocotyledonous tree Dracæna Draco (family Liliaceæ).
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sang de dragon,..not..the bloud of a Dragon..but the Gumme of the Dragon tree opened or bruised in the dog-daies.
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1531 Draco arbor. The Dragon tree.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 194 The Dragon Tree..appears to be a kind of Date Tree.
1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. I. ii. 63 (note) Toothpicks steeped in the juice of the dragon-tree..for keeping the gums in a healthy state.
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