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 bloodwood tree
      n 1: deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves
           and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red
           juice and heavy strong durable wood [syn: kiaat, Pterocarpus
           angolensis]
      2: 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 [syn: logwood, logwood
         tree, campeachy, Haematoxylum campechianum]