How is Exeggutor a Dragon?

Alolan Exeggutor Origins: Many Pokemon fans are likely puzzled why Exeggutor's Alolan form is half Dragon-type. The explanation is hidden in his origin -- Alolan Exeggutor's design draws inspiration from Dracaena palm trees, which are often simply called "Dragon trees
Dragon trees
Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, western Morocco, and is thought to be introduced in the Azores. Its closest living relative is the dragon blood tree of Socotra, Dracaena cinnabari.
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Is Exeggutor Dragon type?

Exeggutor, the Coconut Pokémon. A Grass and Dragon type.
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Is Eggsecute Dragon type?

Exeggutor (Alola Form) is a Grass/Dragon type Pokémon, which makes it especially weak against Ice moves, and weak against Flying, Poison, Bug, Dragon and Fairy moves.
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Why is Charizard not a Dragon?

Even though Charizard gains the Flying secondary type instead of the Dragon type upon evolving, it belongs to the Dragon Egg Group, learns Dragon moves like Dragon Claw, and has its Flying type replaced by Dragon in its "Mega Charizard X" form. Charizard has two teal wings, with a mostly orange body and back.
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What is Alolan Exeggutor based off?

TL;DR: Exeggutor is based off the dragon tree, which legends say was born form the blood of dragons. They do grow on Hawaii.
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Why Is Alolan Exeggutor A Dragon?



Why is executor a Dragon Pokemon?

Alolan Exeggutor Origins: Many Pokemon fans are likely puzzled why Exeggutor's Alolan form is half Dragon-type. The explanation is hidden in his origin -- Alolan Exeggutor's design draws inspiration from Dracaena palm trees, which are often simply called "Dragon trees."
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Why is mega Ampharos a Dragon?

The dragon connection comes from splitting the word Denryu into Den Ryu, which means "electric dragon." The words Denryu and Den Ryu sound almost identical in Japanese, hence the choice of making Mega Ampharos an Electric/Dragon-type Pokémon.
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How is gyarados not dragon?

What didn't make sense was that Gyarados did not get a Dragon-typing when it got a Mega Evolution. Instead, it became a Water/Dark-type. While the Dark-typing is fitting, it was still a headscratcher.
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Is gyarados a dragon?

Gyarados is a Pokémon whose design is inspired by dragons, specifically dragons seen in Chinese mythology. The concept of Magikarp evolving into Gyarados is based on the ancient Chinese tradition that the carp would evolve into a dragon after swimming upstream.
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Is dragonite a dragon?

Dragonite (Japanese: カイリュー Kairyu) is a dual-type Dragon/Flying pseudo-legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation I. It evolves from Dragonair starting at level 55. It is the final form of Dratini.
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Is Aerodactyl a Dragon type?

Dragon Aerodactyl is a Dragon/Flying dual type Pokemon.
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What plant is Exeggutor based on?

The most noticeable inspiration for Exeggutor is its basis off of the Coconut Palm tree. One of the most prominent aspects associated with Palm trees is how the height of a tree is dependent on the amount of sunlight it receives.
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Why can't I evolve my Exeggutor?

It's excusable that people are confused about how to obtain “Alola” in Pokémon GO because there isn't one! Exeggutor cannot evolve into Alolan Exeggutor in Pokémon GO at the moment. Exeggcute evolves into the Kanto form of Exeggutor after consuming 50 Exeggcute Candies.
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Is Swablu a Dragon type?

When you have enough Candy, Swablu evolves into Altaria, changing its type into Flying and Dragon. Despite being a member of the elusive Dragon type, and the high amount of Candy to evolve, Altaria is a fairly weak creature, so don't sweat it too much if you don't have a high IV Swablu at hand.
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What kind of tree is Exeggutor?

Exeggutor is known as the Coconut Pokémon. This Pokémon looks like a walking palm tree with three coconut-like heads.
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Why are alola Pokemon different?

Many Pokemon from the original Kanto region have found unique niches to thrive in within Alola in Pokemon Sun and Moon. These Alola Pokemon are called regional variants and have different appearances, types, and abilities, but maintain their categories.
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Is Charmander a Dragon?

In the book Dragonlore: From the Archives of the Grey School of Wizardry, author Ash Dekirk described Charmander as a "fire-breathing dragon".
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Does Ash have a Gyarados?

This Pokémon is fully evolved. Ash's Gyarados was the fourth Pokémon that Ash caught in time travel journey through Hisui, and his sixty-seventh overall.
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Who would win Charizard or Gyarados?

Which one would win in a battle? Gyarados would most likely win the battle due to it's over whelming type and stat advantage it has over Charizard. Charizard could have an ace up it's sleeve like a Will-o-Wisp, or HP Electric, but overall Gyarados will usually stand as the victor.
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Is a Wyvern a type of Dragon?

A wyvern (/ˈwaɪvərn/ WY-vərn, sometimes spelled wivern) is a legendary dragon that has two legs.
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Is Gardevoir a pseudo legendary?

The only times a non-Dragon-type managed to garner this illustrious pseudo-Legendary status happened in Gen 2, one generation before Gardevoir, and Gen 3, in the same generation as Gardevoir (Tyranitar and Metagross, respectively).
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Can Gyarados learn fly?

Gyarados has some of the highest HP stats in the game, complemented by great Attack, Defense, Speed and Special ratings. While it can't learn Fly (or any other Flying attacks) in Blue, Red or Yellow, it is able to learn a range of powerful non-Water/Flying attacks from HMs and TMs.
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Is Ampharos a kangaroo?

PokePwn Webmaster. Well, its got stripes like a zebra but looks like a kangaroo. it is now known as Ampharos, The Zebroo.
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Is Ampharos a sheep?

The electrical color scheme is thankfully regained when Flaaffy evolves into Ampharos, which hilariously loses all of its wool. You wouldn't even know it was supposed to be a sheep if it hadn't just evolved from one, looking almost more like some sort of flippered dragon, but the concept is great.
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Can Ampharos learn Fire punch?

Fire Punch is just about the only coverage move that Ampharos learns. It may not be the strongest move with 75 base power, but it's great for hitting Grass-type Pokemon. These Pokemon resist Electric-type moves, so Ampharos really benefit from having a way to deal with Grass-type Pokemon.
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