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]