CORDYLINE

Cordyline, genus Cordyline

(noun) Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

cordyline (plural cordylines)

Any member of the genus Cordyline of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants, native to the western Pacific Ocean region.

Anagrams

• cerylonid

Source: Wiktionary



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