bloodwood : Idioms & Phrases

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bloodwood tree

  • noun deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood
    Pterocarpus angolensis; kiaat.
  • noun 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
    logwood tree; campeachy; Haematoxylum campechianum; logwood.
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