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English noun: bloodwood tree

1. bloodwood tree (plant) deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood


Synonymskiaat, Pterocarpus angolensis


Broader (hypernym)tree


Member meronymgenus Pterocarpus, Pterocarpus

2. bloodwood tree (plant) spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye


Synonymscampeachy, Haematoxylum campechianum, logwood, logwood tree


Broader (hypernym)blackwood, blackwood tree


Member meronymgenus Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylum, Haematoxylon, Haematoxylum


Substance holonymlogwood









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