Thesaurus: bloodwood
A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
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Definitions
- n. A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
- A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood. Note: Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree (Baloghia lucida), from which the sap is collected for use as a plant. Various other trees have the name, chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as Gordonia Hæmatoxylon of Jamaica, and several species of Australian Eucalyptus; also the true logwood ( Hæmatoxylon campechianum).
- n. A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.