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Haematoxylon Campechianum
(gcide) | Haematoxylon \H[ae]m`a*tox"y*lon\ (-l[o^]n), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
a"i^ma blood + xy`lon wood.] (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species,
the Haematoxylon Campechianum or logwood tree, native in
Yucatan.
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Haematoxylon Campechianum
(gcide) | Logwood \Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.]
The heartwood of a tree (H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum), a
native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing
a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used
largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in
medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and
bloodwood.
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Haematoxylon campechianum
(gcide) | Bloodwood \Blood"wood\, n. (Bot.)
A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
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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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Haematoxylon Campechianum
(gcide) | Haematoxylon \H[ae]m`a*tox"y*lon\ (-l[o^]n), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
a"i^ma blood + xy`lon wood.] (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species,
the Haematoxylon Campechianum or logwood tree, native in
Yucatan.
[1913 Webster]Logwood \Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.]
The heartwood of a tree (H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum), a
native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing
a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used
largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in
medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and
bloodwood.
[1913 Webster]Bloodwood \Blood"wood\, n. (Bot.)
A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
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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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Haematoxylon campechianum
(gcide) | Haematoxylon \H[ae]m`a*tox"y*lon\ (-l[o^]n), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
a"i^ma blood + xy`lon wood.] (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species,
the Haematoxylon Campechianum or logwood tree, native in
Yucatan.
[1913 Webster]Logwood \Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.]
The heartwood of a tree (H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum), a
native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing
a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used
largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in
medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and
bloodwood.
[1913 Webster]Bloodwood \Blood"wood\, n. (Bot.)
A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
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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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