Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BLOODWOOD
BLOODWOOD Blood "wood, n. (Bot. )
Defn: 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 ).
New American Oxford Dictionary
bloodwood
blood wood |ˈblədˌwo͝od ˈblədwʊd | ▶noun any of a number of hardwood trees with deep red timber, in particular: [● an Australian gum tree (genus Eucalyptus, family Myrtaceae, in particular E. gummifera ). ● a tree of the Old World tropics (genus Pterocarpus, family Leguminosae ).]
Oxford Dictionary
bloodwood
blood |wood ▶noun any of a number of hardwood trees with deep red timber, in particular: ● an Australian gum tree (genus Eucalyptus, family Myrtaceae, in particular E. gummifera ). ● a tree of the Old World tropics (genus Pterocarpus, family Leguminosae ), including kiaat.
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