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| 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, Example: Draconian measures |
| dracontium | (n) any plant of the genus Dracontium; strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves |
| Draco | ‖n. [ L. See Dragon. ] |
| Dracocephalum | prop. n. A genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mind family; the dragonheads. |
| Draconian | a. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621
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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 |
| 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 |
| Dracontine | a. [ L. draco dragon. ] Belonging to a dragon. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ] |