baloghia lucida

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baloghia lucida - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bloodwood \Blood"wood\, n. (Bot.)
     A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
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     Note: Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree
           (Baloghia lucida), from which the sap is collected
           for use as a plant. Various other trees have the name,
           chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as
           Gordonia H[ae]matoxylon of Jamaica, and several
           species of Australian Eucalyptus; also the true
           logwood ( H[ae]matoxylon campechianum).
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