From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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. [WordNet 1.5]From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
Cordyline n 1: Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants [syn: Cordyline, genus Cordyline]