Drăg'on's-blōod, n.

(-blūd), n. [A-S. dracan-blōd, Ger. drachen-blut.] A resinous substance brought from the East Indies, Africa, and South America, obtained from several trees, as the Dracæna draco, the Pterocarpus santalinus, P. draco, and Calamus rotang. Its color is red, or dark brownish-red, and it is used chiefly for tinging varnishes and tinctures, staining marbles, &c. Ure.