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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Dragons

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Dragons

DRAGONS, noun A genus of plants, the Dracontium, of several species, natives of the Indies.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Dragons-blood

DRAGONS-BLOOD, noun A resinous substance, or red juice, extracted from the Dracaena draco, and other trees of a similar nature. It comes from the East Indies, in small flat cakes or round balls, or in oval drops, wrapped in leaves, and knotted like a chaplet. It has no sensible smell or taste. It has been considered as an astringent medicine, but is now little used for medicinal purposes. A solution of it in spirit of wine is used for staining marble, to which it gives a red tinge.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Dragons-head

DRAGONS-HEAD, noun A genus of plants, the Dracocephalum, of many species, most of them herbaceous, annual or perennial plants.

Dragons Head and Tail, in astronomy, are the nodes of the planets, or the two points in which the orbits of the planets intersect the ecliptic.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Dragons-water

DRAGONS-WATER, noun A plant , the Calla or African Arum.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Dragons-wort

DRAGONS-WORT, noun A plant, a species of Artemisia.