English > Haematoxylon: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees. |
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Synonyms | Haematoxylum, genus Haematoxylum, genus Haematoxylon |
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Member of | Caesalpinioideae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae | Alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae |
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Members | 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 |
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Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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Spanish | genus haematoxylon, genus haematoxylum, haematoxylon, haematoxylum |
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Catalan | genus haematoxylon, genus haematoxylum, haematoxylon, haematoxylum |
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