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HAEMATOXYLUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees
Synonyms:
genus Haematoxylon; genus Haematoxylum; Haematoxylon; Haematoxylum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Haematoxylum" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Haematoxylum"):
bloodwood tree; campeachy; Haematoxylum campechianum; logwood; logwood tree (spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye)
Holonyms ("Haematoxylum" is a member of...):
Caesalpinioideae; subfamily Caesalpinioideae (alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae)