haematoxylon

British

/ ˌhiːmətɒkˈsɪlɪk, ˌhiːməˈtɒksɪlɒn /

noun

any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa. The heartwood yields the dye haematoxylin

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Other Word Forms

haematoxylic adjective

Etymology

Origin of haematoxylon

C19: see _haematoxylin

Example Sentences

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Logwood is the heart-wood of Haematoxylon campechianum, a tree growing in Central America.

From Project Gutenberg

We find that the passages are often putty-colored in disorders of the liver, frequently bloody or tarry in appearance in bleeding within the bowel, and liable to be black after taking bismuth, charcoal, or iron, and red after krameria, kino, or haematoxylon.

From Project Gutenberg

Haematoxylon Campechianum: A, branch during daytime; B, branch with leaves asleep, reduced to two-thirds of natural scale.

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