| draco | (n) Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC) |
| draco | (n) a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus, Syn. Dragon |
| draco | (n) a reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards, Syn. genus Draco |
| dracocephalum | (n) genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mind family: dragonheads, Syn. genus Dracocephalum |
| draconian | (adj) of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws |
| dracontium | (n) any plant of the genus Dracontium; strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves |
| genus dracontium | (n) small genus of tropical American cormous herbs |
| australian grass tree | (n) stout Australian shrub with narrow leaves crowded at ends of branches and terminal clusters of white or pink flowers, Syn. Richea dracophylla |
| dragonhead | (n) American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers, Syn. dragon's head, Dracocephalum parviflorum |
| dragon tree | (n) tall tree of the Canary Islands; source of dragon's blood, Syn. Dracaena draco |
| green dragon | (n) early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix, Syn. Arisaema dracontium |
| zebra-tailed lizard | (n) swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico, Syn. gridiron-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides |
| Draco | ‖n. [ L. See Dragon. ] 1. (Astron.) The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Zool.) A genus of lizards. See Dragon, 6. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dracocephalum | prop. n. A genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mind family; the dragonheads.
Syn. -- genus Dracocephalum. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Draconian | a. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c. Used especially in the phrase Draconian punishment. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
Draconian code, or
Draconian laws, a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor. --
Draconian punishment, punishment so severe as to seem excessive for the crime being punished. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
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| Draconic | a. Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Draconin | n. [ Cf. F. draconine. See Draco. ] (Chem.) A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; -- called also dracin. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dracontic | a. [ From L. draco dragon, in allusion to the terms dragon's head and dragon's tail. ] (Astron.) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head, under Dragon. [ Obs. ] “Dracontic month.” Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dracontine | a. [ L. draco dragon. ] Belonging to a dragon. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
