麒き麟りん血けつ

noun

dragon's blood palm; dragon's blood resin

Refers both to the rattan palm Daemonorops draco and to the bright red resin obtained from its fruit, used historically in medicine, dyes, and varnish. The resin is also called 竜血 (りゅうけつ).

See also: リュウケツジュ

• 麒き麟りん血けつは、かつて漢かん方ぽう薬やくや染せん料りょうとして用もちいられた。

  Dragon's blood was once used in traditional Chinese medicine and as a dye.

• この赤あかい樹じゅ脂しは麒き麟りん血けつと呼よばれ、東とう南なんアジア原げん産さんのヤシ科か植しょく物ぶつから採とれる。

  This red resin is called dragon's blood and is obtained from a palm plant native to Southeast Asia.