Dracula

/ˈdrækjələ/
/ˈdrækjələ/
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Other forms: Draculas

Definitions of Dracula
  1. noun
    comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips
    synonyms: genus Dracula
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    type of:
    liliopsid genus, monocot genus
    genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
  2. noun
    fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker
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    example of:
    character, fictional character, fictitious character
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
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