dragon's blood

Definitions

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.

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Equivalents

Examples

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

“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.”

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