bloodwood tree

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bloodwood tree Definition

• (n) deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood
• (n) 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

bloodwood tree Synonyms

• bloodwood tree
• campeachy
• Haematoxylum campechianum
• kiaat
• logwood
• logwood tree
• Pterocarpus angolensis