bloodwood tree
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 • Syn: kiaat, Pterocarpus angolensis • Hypernyms: tree • Member Holonyms: Pterocarpus, genus Pterocarpus 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 • Syn: logwood, logwood tree, campeachy, Haematoxylum campechianum • Hypernyms: blackwood, blackwood tree • Member Holonyms: Haematoxylum, genus Haematoxylum, Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylon • Substance Meronyms: logwood
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