bloodwood

noun

: any of numerous trees having a red juice or red wood: such as

a Australia

(1)

: any of several eucalypts (such as Eucalyptus corymbosa)

(2)

: a tree (Baloghia lucida) the sap of which is used as a paint

b in tropical America

(1)

: logwood

(2)

: false logwood

(3)

: any of several plants of the genus Pterocarpus

(4)

: a tree of the genus Vismia

c

in the East Indies : queen's crape myrtle

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