| caenolestes | (n) type genus of the family Caenolestidae, Syn. genus Caenolestes |
| caenolestidae | (n) small marsupials of southern South America, Syn. family Caenolestidae |
| dracaena | (n) an agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage |
| genus dracaena | (n) Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae |
| leucaena | (n) small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia, Syn. genus Leucaena |
| lycaena | (n) type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper, Syn. genus Lycaena |
| lycaenid | (n) any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae, Syn. lycaenid butterfly |
| lycaenidae | (n) family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs, Syn. family Lycaenidae |
| american copper | (n) common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America, Syn. Lycaena hypophlaeas |
| cenogenesis | (n) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution), Syn. caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kenogenesis, kainogenesis, Ant. palingenesis |
| dracenaceae | (n) one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae, Syn. subfamily Dracaenaceae, Dracaenaceae, subfamily Dracenaceae |
| dragon tree | (n) tall tree of the Canary Islands; source of dragon's blood, Syn. Dracaena draco |
| lead tree | (n) low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods, Syn. Leucaena glauca, Leucaena leucocephala, white popinac |
| Caenozoic | a. (Geol.) See Cenozoic. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Caen stone | A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Dracaena | ‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; she-dragon. ] (Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Dracæna Draco, the source of the dragon's blood of the Canaries, forms a tree, sometimes of gigantic size. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Encaenia | ‖n. pl. same as Encenia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Lycaena | n. The type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper.
Syn. -- genus Lycaena. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| lycaenid | n. any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
Syn. -- lycaenid butterfly. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Lycaenidae | n. A natural family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs.
Syn. -- family Lycaenidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
