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 — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 — 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 — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of numerous trees having a red juice or red wood:as a. Australia (1) : any of several eucalypts (as Eucalyptus corymbosa) (2) : a tree (Baloghia lucida) the sap of which is used a … Useful english dictionary
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 — 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… …
blackwood tree — noun any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark colored wood • Syn: ↑blackwood • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑lightwood, ↑Acacia melanoxylon, ↑logwood, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
