HyperDic: haematoxylum

English > 1 sense of the word Haematoxylum:
NOUNplantHaematoxylum, genus Haematoxylum, Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylonsmall genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees
English > Haematoxylum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees.
Synonymsgenus Haematoxylum, Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylon
Member ofCaesalpinioideae, subfamily CaesalpinioideaeAlternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae
Memberslogwood, logwood tree, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianumSpiny 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
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishgenus haematoxylon, genus haematoxylum, haematoxylon, haematoxylum
Catalangenus haematoxylon, genus haematoxylum, haematoxylon, haematoxylum

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