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Bloodwood
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What's The Definition Of Bloodwood?Synonyms | Synonyms for Bloodwood: Related Terms | Find terms related to Bloodwood: See Also | Bloodwood In Webster's Dictionary \Blood"wood\, n. (Bot.)
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 H[ae]matoxylon} of Jamaica, and several
species of Australian {Eucalyptus}; also the true
logwood ({ H[ae]matoxylon campechianum}).
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