Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bloodwood"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Logwood \Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.]
The heartwood of a tree ({H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum}), a
native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing
a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used
largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in
medicine as an astringent. Also called {Campeachy wood}, and
{bloodwood}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bloodwood \Blood"wood\, n. (Bot.)
A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
Note: Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree
({Baloghia lucida}), from which the sap is collected
for use as a plant. Various other trees have the name,
chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as
{Gordonia H[ae]matoxylon} of Jamaica, and several
species of Australian {Eucalyptus}; also the true
logwood ({ H[ae]matoxylon campechianum}).
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