A legendary stone or fossilized object believed to come from dragons, used historically in medicine and magic.
From dragon combined with the suffix -ites (meaning stone or mineral-like object), reflecting medieval beliefs that stones with extraordinary properties came from dragons. The term appears in alchemical and medical texts.
Medieval doctors swore that tiny objects called 'draconites' (probably fossils or unusual stones) had fallen from dragons' heads and could cure any poison—the placebo effect was real medicine back then!
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