Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bloodwood_tree

2 senses of bloodwood tree

Sense 1
bloodwood tree, kiaat, Pterocarpus angolensis -- (deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood)
       => tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Sense 2
logwood, logwood tree, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum -- (spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye)
       => blackwood, blackwood tree -- (any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood)

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