Meaning of HAEMATOXYLON
WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees |
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| Synonyms: | | genus Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylum, Haematoxylum |
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| See Also: | | bloodwood tree, Caesalpinioideae, campeachy, Haematoxylum campechianum, logwood, logwood tree, rosid dicot genus, subfamily Caesalpinioideae | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \H[ae]m`a*tox"y*lon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood
+ ? wood.] (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species,
the {H. Campechianum} or logwood tree, native in Yucatan.
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