bloodwood

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Etymology

From blood +‎ wood.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblʌdwʊd/
  • Audio (AU):(file)

Noun

bloodwood (countable and uncountable, plural bloodwoods)

  1. Any of various trees having red wood:
    1. (Australia) Certain eucalypts
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    2. (Jamaica) A loblolly bay (tree) (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.).
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    4. Any of several trees from the genus Pterocarpus, of the African and Asian tropics.
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  2. (uncountable) The wood of such trees.

Translations

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