bloodwood

bloodwood
Logwood Log"wood` . [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree ({H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum}), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called {Campeachy wood}, and {bloodwood}. [1913 Webster]

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  • Bloodwood — is the common name for several unrelated groups of trees.* Pterocarpus erinaceus , a deciduous South African tree with large yellow orange flowers. It yields a thick red juice which is often used in the production of black dyes. Its wood is… …   Wikipedia

  • Bloodwood — Blood wood, n. (Bot.) A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood. [1913 Webster] Note: Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree ({Baloghia lucida}), from which the sap is collected for use as a plant. Various other trees… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bloodwood — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Bloodwood (littéralement: bois sanglant) est le nom donné à plusieurs groupes d arbres qui n ont pas de lien entre eux. Pterocarpus erinaceus un arbre à… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • bloodwood — noun /ˈblʌdwʊd/ a) Any of various trees having red wood, especially certain Australian eucalypts. I cut bloodwood saplings and shaped a new pair of shafts with an adze. b) A loblolly bay (tree) …   Wiktionary

  • bloodwood — angolinis koralmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos medieninis augalas (Pterocarpus angolensis), paplitęs Afrikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Pterocarpus angolensis angl. ambila; bleedwoodtree; bloodwood; muninga; Transvaal teak… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • bloodwood cacique — raudonasis pienmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Šilkmedinių šeimos medieninis augalas (Brosimum rubescens), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Brosimum rubescens angl. bloodwood cacique isp. palisangre port. pau rainha… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • bloodwood — /blud wood /, n. 1. any of several Australian trees of the genus Eucalyptus, as E. gummifera or E. ptychocarpa, having rough, scaly bark. 2. an African tree, Pterocarpus angolensis, having reddish wood. 3. the wood of any of these trees. [1715… …   Universalium

  • bloodwood — n. tree that has red wood and produces dark red sap like the color of blood (found in Australia and regions of Africa); wood of this tree …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bloodwood — noun a hardwood tree with deep red wood. [Eucalyptus gummifera (Australia) and other species.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • bloodwood — /ˈblʌdwʊd / (say bludwood) noun any tree of a number of species of Eucalyptus with characteristic bark of short fibres and transverse cracks, widespread in warmer parts of Australia, many species of which tend to have an exudation of a reddish… …  

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