haematoxylon

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haematoxylon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Haematoxylon \H[ae]m`a*tox"y*lon\ (-l[o^]n), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
     a"i^ma blood + xy`lon wood.] (Bot.)
     A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species,
     the Haematoxylon Campechianum or logwood tree, native in
     Yucatan.
     [1913 Webster]

haematoxylon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Haematoxylon
      n 1: small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or
           trees [syn: Haematoxylum, genus Haematoxylum,
           Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylon]