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Haematoxylon

noun

small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees

• Syn: ↑Haematoxylum, ↑genus Haematoxylum, ↑genus Haematoxylon

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Caesalpinioideae, ↑subfamily Caesalpinioideae

• Member Meronyms: ↑logwood, ↑logwood tree, ↑campeachy, ↑bloodwood tree, ↑Haematoxylum campechianum

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\\ˌhēməˈtäksəˌlän, ˌhem-\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from hemat- + -xylon; from its red color

1. capitalized : a genus of tropical American bushy and usually thorny trees (family Leguminosae) having pinnate leaves and small yellow flowers borne in showy axillary racemes — see logwood

2. -s : the wood or dye of logwood

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Haematoxˈylon noun

(Gr xylon wood) the logwood genus

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Main Entry: ↑haem-

Useful english dictionary. 2012.