Search Result for "h[ae]matoxylon campechianum":

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Haematoxylon \H[ae]m`a*tox"y*lon\ (-l[o^]n), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + xy`lon wood.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the Haematoxylon Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]