bloodwood
Americannoun
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any of several Australian trees of the genus Eucalyptus, as E. gummifera or E. ptychocarpa, having rough, scaly bark.
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an African tree, Pterocarpus angolensis, having reddish wood.
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the wood of any of these trees.
noun
Etymology
Origin of bloodwood
1715–25; blood + wood 1; so called from the color of the sap or wood
Example Sentences
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Her husband, Joel, a Minnesota native, carved an image of an American Indian and a buffalo out of bloodwood and hung it behind the cash register.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2013
All calls come signed and hand polished, and Young also makes yelpers from bloodwood and other exotics.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the more sandy tracts of bloodwood forest, grew the Nonda, the Pandanus, and the apple-gum.
From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig
Ironbark, box, bloodwood, and Moreton-Bay ash formed the principal trees with which the country was openly timbered.
From Journals of Australian Explorations by Gregory, Augustus Charles
The country we saw from our path along the right bank of the river was not, of course, extensive, but what we saw was flat, covered with long grass, and wooded with bloodwood and gum.
From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William
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