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==English==
==English==
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From ''[[blood]]'' + ''[[wood]]''.
From {{compound|en|blood|wood}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈblʌdwʊd/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈblʌdwʊd/}}
* {{audio|en|EN-AU ck1 bloodwood.ogg|a=AU}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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{{en-noun|~}}


# Any of various trees having red wood, especially certain Australian [[eucalypts]].
# Any of various trees having red wood:
## {{lb|en|Australia}} Certain [[eucalypts]]
#* '''1988''', Tom Cole, ''Hell West and Crooked'', Angus & Robertson 1995, p. 255:
##* {{quote-journal|en|journal=Scottish Geographical Magazine| volume=20| page=578| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tg82xdmbSuAC| year=1904| passage=
#*: I cut '''bloodwood''' saplings and shaped a new pair of shafts with an adze.
Besides these two trees, which are the most general form of vegetation met with, may be found the briglow, '''bugwood''', lapunya, lancewood, cork, box, and bloodwood, the last so named from its light red sap, which oozes in a thick stream}}
##* {{quote-book|en|year=1988|author=Tom Cole|title=Hell West and Crooked| publisher=Angus & Robertson| year_published=1995| page=255| passage=I cut '''bloodwood''' saplings and shaped a new pair of shafts with an adze.}}
### {{vern|woody-fruited bloodwood}}, genus {{taxfmt|Corymbia|genus}} (formerly {{taxlink|Eucalyptus subg. Corymbia|subgenus}})
### {{vern|paper-fruited bloodwood}}, {{taxlink|Corymbia subg. Blakella|subgenus}} (formerly {{taxlink|Eucalyptus subg. Blakella|subgenus}})
## {{lb|en|Jamaica}} A [[loblolly bay]] (tree) ({{taxlink|Gordonia haematoxylon|species}}).
## {{taxlink|Brosimum paraense|species}}, a tree found in Central and South America.
## Any of several trees from the genus {{taxfmt|Pterocarpus|genus}}, of the African and Asian tropics.
## {{taxlink|Haematoxylum campechianum|species}}, a tree from [[Mexico]].
##: {{syn|en|[[blackwood]], {{vern|bloodwood tree}}, [[bluewood]], {{vern|campeachy tree}}, {{vern|campeachy wood}}, {{vern|campeche logwood}}, [[campeche wood]], {{vern|Jamaica wood}}, [[logwood]]|{{vern|logwood tree}}}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The wood of such trees.

====Derived terms====
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* [[silver-leaved bloodwood]]


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top}}
{{trans-top|eucalypts with red wood}}
* [[Pitjantjatjara]]: {{tø|pjt|tjuta|xs=Pitjantjatjara}}
* Pitjantjatjara: {{t|pjt|tjuta}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|''Brosimum paraense''}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|muirapiranga|f}}, {{t|pt|conduru|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|''Pterocarpus''}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|pau-sangue|m}}, {{t|pt|chora-sangue|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


[[Category:en:Caesalpinia subfamily plants]]
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[[ru:bloodwood]]
[[Category:en:Dalbergieae tribe plants]]
[[zh:bloodwood]]
[[Category:en:Ericales order plants]]
[[Category:en:Eucalypts]]
[[Category:en:Mulberry family plants]]

Latest revision as of 19:00, 2 June 2024

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From blood +‎ wood.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bloodwood (countable and uncountable, plural bloodwoods)

  1. Any of various trees having red wood:
    1. (Australia) Certain eucalypts
      • 1904, Scottish Geographical Magazine‎[1], volume 20, page 578:
        Besides these two trees, which are the most general form of vegetation met with, may be found the briglow, bugwood, lapunya, lancewood, cork, box, and bloodwood, the last so named from its light red sap, which oozes in a thick stream
      • 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 255:
        I cut bloodwood saplings and shaped a new pair of shafts with an adze.
      1. woody-fruited bloodwood, genus Corymbia (formerly Eucalyptus subg. Corymbia)
      2. paper-fruited bloodwood, Corymbia subg. Blakella (formerly Eucalyptus subg. Blakella)
    2. (Jamaica) A loblolly bay (tree) (Gordonia haematoxylon).
    3. Brosimum paraense, a tree found in Central and South America.
    4. Any of several trees from the genus Pterocarpus, of the African and Asian tropics.
    5. Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico.
      Synonyms: blackwood, bloodwood tree, bluewood, campeachy tree, campeachy wood, campeche logwood, campeche wood, Jamaica wood, logwood; logwood tree
  2. (uncountable) The wood of such trees.

Derived terms

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Translations

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