†(a) a South African tree (not identified) (obsolete. rare); (b) Australian = bloodwood, n. 2; (c) a tropical American tree, Croton gossypiifolium…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > other trees > [noun] (7) blood tree1785 †(a) a South African tree (not identified) (obsolete. rare); (b) Australian = bloodwood, n. 2; (c) a tropical American tree, Croton gossypiifolium… sea-purslane tree1786 (see quot. 1548 sea-purslane n.). salt-tree1824 a tree of the genus Halimodendron, esp. H. argenteum. fever tree1830 U.S. A shrub or small tree native to the southeastern United States, Pinckneya bracteata (family Rubiaceae), having large oval leaves, tubular… sand wood1840 (see quot. 1840). scrubwood1874 (see quots.). mulatto tree1876 either of two tropical American trees with light brown wood or bark, Calycophyllum spruceanum (family Rubiaceae), and the gumbo-limbo, Bursera sim… |
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