Bot. [f. Gr. κορδύλη club.] A liliaceous genus of trees, sometimes called palm-lilies, found in tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Malay Archipelago, etc.

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1866.  in Treas. Bot.

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1884.  Bower & Scott, De Bary’s Phaner., 391.

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1837.  C. Wragge, in Gd. Words, 687. Tropical cordylines.

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