dracaena

From the genus name Dracaena, from Latin dracaena, from Ancient Greek δράκαινᾰ (drákaină, “she-dragon”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /dɹəˈkeɪ.nə/

dracaena (plural dracaenas)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Dracaena of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.
   • 2022 October 29, Melissa Kirsch, “Garden Varieties”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     “Again with this?” I groaned to the dracaenae. (“Talk to them!” numerous readers advised.) The plants chuckled and shook their heads. No they didn’t. They’re plants!

• cornstalk dracaena (Dracaena fragrans)

• Dracaena (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dracaena (Asparagaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Romanized form of the Ancient Greek δράκαινα (drákaina, “she-dragon”)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [draˈkae̯.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪raˈt͡ʃɛː.na]

dracaena f (genitive dracaenae); first declension

1. a she-dragon

First-declension noun.

• Italian: tracina
• Translingual: Dracaena

dracaena f (plural dracaenas)

1. dracaena