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Bloodwood

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Noun

In Australian English, Caesalpinia subfamily plants, Ericales order plants, Eucalypts & Mulberry family plants:
  • Any of various
    having
    wood:
  • Certain eucalypts
  • woody-fruited
    ,
    Corymbia (formerly Eucalyptus subg. Corymbia)
  • In Australian English, Ericales order plants, Eucalypts & Mulberry family plants:
  • Any of various
    having
    wood:
  • Certain eucalypts
  • paper-fruited
    , Corymbia subg. Blakella (formerly Eucalyptus subg. Blakella)
  • In Jamaican English, Ericales order plants & Mulberry family plants:
  • Any of various
    having
    wood:
  • A
    (tree) (Gordonia haematoxylon).
  • In Caesalpinia subfamily plants, Ericales order plants & Mulberry family plants:
  • Any of various
    having
    wood:
  • Brosimum paraense, a
    found in Central and South America.
  • In Caesalpinia subfamily plants, Dalbergieae tribe plants, Ericales order plants, Eucalypts & Mulberry family plants:
  • Any of various
    having
    wood:
  • Any of several
    from the
    Pterocarpus, of the African and Asian tropics.
  • In Ericales order plants & Mulberry family plants:
  • Any of various
    having
    wood:
  • Haematoxylum campechianum, a
    from Mexico.
  • In Ericales order plants & Mulberry family plants:
    The
    of such trees.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    bloodwood
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    blood
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    blod
    Middle English (1100-1500)
    wood
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    wudu
    Old English (ca. 450-1100)
    Sourced from
    Etym
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