bloodwood
Any of various trees having red woodAny of various trees having red wood: Certain eucalypts
Meaning
8 sensesAny of various trees having red wood:
(Australia, countable, uncountable)Certain eucalypts
Certain eucalypts
(Australia, countable, uncountable)Woody-fruited bloodwood, genus Corymbia (formerly Eucalyptus subg. Corymbia)
(Australia, countable, uncountable)Paper-fruited bloodwood, Corymbia subg. Blakella (formerly Eucalyptus subg. Blakella)
Any of various trees having red wood:
(Jamaica, countable, uncountable)A loblolly bay (tree) (Gordonia haematoxylon).
(countable, uncountable)Satine (Brosimum paraense), a tree found in Central and South America.
(countable, uncountable)Any of several trees from the genus Pterocarpus, of the African and Asian tropics.
(countable, uncountable)Logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum), a tree native to southern Mexico.
(uncountable)Wood of such trees.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From blood + wood.From blood + wood.
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Forms
plural: bloodwoods| Singular | bloodwood |
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Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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