noun
small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees
• Syn: ↑Haematoxylum, ↑genus Haematoxylum, ↑genus Haematoxylon
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caesalpinioideae, ↑subfamily Caesalpinioideae
• Member Meronyms: ↑logwood, ↑logwood tree, ↑campeachy, ↑bloodwood tree, ↑Haematoxylum campechianum
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\\ˌhēməˈtäksəˌlän, ˌhem-\ noun1. capitalized : a genus of tropical American bushy and usually thorny trees (family Leguminosae) having pinnate leaves and small yellow flowers borne in showy axillary racemes — see logwood
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Haematoxˈylon noun
(Gr xylon wood) the logwood genus
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Main Entry: ↑haem-
Useful english dictionary. 2012.