dragon's blood

English

Noun

dragon's blood (uncountable)

1. A bright red resin, obtained from different species of a number of distinct plants Calamus rotang and genera Croton, Dracaena, Daemonorops, and Pterocarpus, used in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, medicines, and incenses.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 155:

     For black magic, assafœtida, garlic, dragon's blood, sulphur, and such-like vile-smelling concoctions were used.

   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 97:

     Another ancient vegetable relic surviving in Macaronesia is the legendary dragon tree, whose sap, marketed as dragon’s blood, was in past times much prized as a medicine, as incense and as a dye.

Translations

bright red resin

• Bengali: আজদাহার খুন (ajdahar khun)
• Finnish: lohikäärmeen veri
• French: sang-dragon (fr) m
• Galician: sangue de dragón m
• Hindi: ख़ून-ख़राबा (xūn-xarābā), दमुल-अख़वैन (damul-axvain)
• Irish: fuil dhragain f
• Italian: sangue di drago (it) m
• Japanese: 麒麟竭 (ja) (きりんけつ, kirinketsu), 麒麟血 (きりんけつ, kirinketsu)
• Persian: خون اژدها (xun-e eždehâ), خون اژدها (xun-e aždahâ)
• Russian: драко́нова кровь (ru) f (drakónova krovʹ)
• Spanish: sangre del dragón f

See also

• dragon's blood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia