he|ma|tox|y|lin

he|ma|tox|y|lin
he|ma|tox|y|lin «HEE muh TOK suh lihn, HEHM uh-», noun.
1. any one of a group of trees of the pea family, of Central America and the West Indies, especially the logwood.
2. the wood obtained from logwood.
3. a crystalline substance obtained from logwood, colorless when pure, but making fine red, blue, and purple dyes by the action of alkalis and oxygen. Its aqueous solution also yields a fluid used for staining vegetable tissues. Formula: C16H14O6•3H2O
╂[< New Latin haematoxylon (< Greek haîma, -atos blood + xýlon wood) + English -in]

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