genus haematoxylum

Noun
  1. Small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees (synset 112517240)
    is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
    member holonym: bloodwood tree, campeachy, haematoxylum campechianum, logwood, logwood tree - 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
    belongs to: caesalpinioideae, subfamily caesalpinioideae - alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae
    same as: genus haematoxylon, haematoxylon, haematoxylum

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