Bloodwood

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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