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]

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]