1. European arum resembling the cuckoopint
   "The green dragon's distinctive leaves stood out in the woodland garden";
   - dragon arum, Dracunculus vulgaris
    
2. Early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix
   "We spotted green dragon emerging in the woodland garden";
   - Arisaema dracontium

Derived forms: green dragons

Type of: aroid, arum

Part of: Arisaema, Dracunculus, genus Arisaema, genus Dracunculus

Encyclopedia: Green dragon