'Bloodwood' definitions:
Definition of 'Bloodwood'
From: GCIDE
- Bloodwood \Blood"wood\, n. (Bot.) A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood. [1913 Webster]
- 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). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bloodwood'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]