| bloodwood tree | (n) 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 |
| Bloodwood | n. (Bot.) A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood. [ 1913 Webster ] 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 Hæmatoxylon of Jamaica, and several species of Australian Eucalyptus; also the true logwood ( Hæmatoxylon campechianum). [ 1913 Webster ] |