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bloodwood tree

 
WordNet: bloodwood tree
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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood
  Synonyms: kiaat, Pterocarpus angolensis

Meaning #2: 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
  Synonyms: logwood, logwood tree, campeachy, Haematoxylum campechianum


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