dragon's blood en · NOUN
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(uncountable) A bright red resin, obtained from different species of a number of distinct plants Calamus rotang and genera Croton, Dracaena, Daemonorops, and Pterocarpus, used in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, medicines, and incenses.
For black magic, assafœtida, garlic, dragon's blood, sulphur, and such-like vile-smelling concoctions were used.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 155:Another ancient vegetable relic surviving in Macaronesia is the legendary dragon tree, whose sap, marketed as dragon’s blood, was in past times much prized as a medicine, as incense and as a dye.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 97:
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sv drakblod (bright red resin) · bn আজদাহার খুন (bright red resin) · fa خون اژدها (bright red resin) · fr sang-dragon (bright red resin) · ja 麒麟血 (bright red resin) · pl smocza krew (bright red resin) · es sangre del dragón (bright red resin) · it sangue di drago (bright red resin) · ja 麒麟竭 (bright red resin) · ru драко́нова кровь (bright red resin) · fi lohikäärmeen veri (bright red resin) · nl drakenbloed (bright red resin) · gl sangue de dragón (bright red resin) · tr kardeşkanı (bright red resin) · ga fuil dhragain (bright red resin) · hi ख़ून-ख़राबा (bright red resin) · hi दमुल-अख़वैन (bright red resin) · fa خون اژدها (bright red resin)