cordyline
noun
cor·dy·li·ne
ˌkȯ(r)dᵊlˈī(ˌ)nē
1
capitalized : a genus of tropical Old World plants (family Liliaceae) having a creeping rhizome and often included in the genus Dracaena but distinguished by the single ovule in each cell of the ovary and by the solitary pedicles see ti compare dracaena
2
plural -s : any tree of the genus Cordyline
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, irregular from Late Greek kordylē club, from Greek, bump, swelling; from the stout caudex