bloodwoodn.
/ˈblʌdwʊd/, U.S. /ˈblədˌwʊd/ 1. Any of various tropical trees having reddish wood or sap; esp. either of two leguminous trees, Gordonia haematoxylon of the West Indies, and the logwood, Haematoxylum campechianum, of Central America and Mexico. Also: the wood of any of these trees.
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gum tree1676
gum-wood1683
bloodwood1697
varnish-tree1758
kino1876
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 115 At this place I saw 3 or 4 Tun of the Red-wood, which I take to be that sort of Wood, call'd in Jamaica Blood-wood, or Nicaragua-wood.
1724 in F. Moore Trav. Inner Afr. (1738) 267 I shall now describe the Pau de Sangue, or Bloodwood, so call'd from a Red Gum which issues from it.
1828 in Brit. & Foreign State Papers 1822–23 342 Should my cousin..deliver to you some logs of bloodwood (paos de sangue) on my account, I hope that you will do me the favour to receive them.
1886 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. & Trans. 16 Oct. 307/2 The red sap of the blood wood (Laplacea Hæmatoxylon) is painted on the skin for the cure of ringworm.
1922 Haiti (Pan Amer. Union) 23 The wood [of Haematoxylon campechianum] is of firm texture and red color; hence the name bloodwood, and is so heavy as to sink in water.
1980 A. Storrs & J. Storrs Children's Tree Bk. (Forest Dept. of Zambia) 53 Sometimes this tree [sc. Pterocarpus angolensis] is called the Bloodwood Tree because blood-red sap oozes out if the tree is cut, in the same way as you bleed if you cut yourself.
2003 National Post (Canada) 29 Mar. in4/5 Mr Rosenquist commissioned a Tschirhart table made of rare Brazilian bloodwood, with legs that replicate those on his vintage 1884 Steinway piano.
2. Australian. Any of various eucalypts which exude a viscous blood-red gum when cut; esp. (more fully red bloodwood) Eucalyptus gummifera of eastern Australia. Also: the wood of any of these trees.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees
yellow box1662
gum tree1676
white gum tree1733
whip-stick1782
peppermint1790
red gum tree1790
red mahogany1798
white gum1798
box1801
blue gum1802
eucalyptus1809
box tree1819
black-butted gum1820
bloodwood1827
white ash1830
blackbutt1833
morrel1837
mountain ash1837
mallee scrub1845
apple gum1846
flooded gum1847
Moreton Bay ash1847
mallee1848
swamp gum1852
box-gum1855
manna gum1855
white top1856
river gum1860
grey box1861
woolly butt1862
marlock1863
fever tree1867
red ironbark1867
river white gum1867
karri1870
yellow jacket1876
eucalypt1877
yapunyah1878
coolibah1879
scribbly gum1883
forest mahogany1884
yellow jack1884
rose gum1885
Jimmy Low1887
nankeen gum1889
slaty gum1889
sugar-gum1889
apple box1890
Murray red gum1895
creek-gum1898
eucalyptian1901
forest red gum1904
river red gum1920
napunyah1921
whitewash gum1923
ghost gum1928
snow gum1928
Sydney blue gum1932
salmon gum1934
lapunyah1940
1827 in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1923) 3rd Ser. VI. 503 The Banks on both sides are covered with very large Timber..such as..Blood Wood.
1880 Handbk. Austral. (S. W. Silver & Co.) 275 Blood-wood and turpentine both hard and durable.
1932 Queenslander 19 May 13/5 The Red Bloodwood..is a symmetrical tree where conditions are favourable, and is easily recognized by its peculiar bark.
1963 C. Burgess Blue Mountain Gums 18 The kino, blood red when fresh, trickles slowly down the bark, hence the name ‘Bloodwood’.
2005 D. Burke Compl. Burke's Backyard 633/2 These clever little birds [sc. lorikeets] were eating the seed from capsules of Eucalyptus gummifera, the red bloodwood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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