Fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants

• Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cordyline \Cordyline\ n. a genus of Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs remarkable for the fact that fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants. Syn: genus Cordyline .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any member of the genus (taxlink Cordyline genus) of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants, native to the western Pacific Ocean region.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cordyline is a genus of about 15 species of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants in family Asparagaceae , subfamily Lomandroideae . The subfamily has previously been treated as a separate family Laxmanniaceae, or Lomandraceae. Other authors have placed ...