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bloodwood

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈblʌdwʊd/
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noun

Meaning 1

Any of various trees having red wood:

Certain eucalypts

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, countable, uncountable

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Meaning 2

Any of various trees having red wood:

Certain eucalypts

woody-fruited bloodwood, genus Corymbia (formerly Eucalyptus subg. Corymbia)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, countable, uncountable

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Meaning 3

Any of various trees having red wood:

Certain eucalypts

paper-fruited bloodwood, Corymbia subg. Blakella (formerly Eucalyptus subg. Blakella)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, countable, uncountable

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Meaning 4

Any of various trees having red wood:

A loblolly bay (tree) (Gordonia haematoxylon).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Jamaica, countable, uncountable

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Meaning 5

Any of various trees having red wood:

satine (Brosimum paraense), a tree found in Central and South America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 6

Any of various trees having red wood:

Any of several trees from the genus Pterocarpus, of the African and Asian tropics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 7

Any of various trees having red wood:

logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum), a tree native to southern Mexico.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: blackwood, bloodwood tree, bluewood, campeachy tree, campeachy wood, campeche logwood, campeche wood, Jamaica wood, logwood tree

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Meaning 8

Wood of such trees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

From blood + wood.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Pitjantjatjara: tjuta — eucalypts with red wood
  • Portuguese: muirapiranga — Brosimum paraense
  • Portuguese: conduru — Brosimum paraense
  • Portuguese: pau-sangue — Pterocarpus
  • Portuguese: chora-sangue — Pterocarpus