BLOODWOOD Definition & Meaning

bloodwood

[bluhd-wood]

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noun

any of several Australian trees of the genus Eucalyptus, as E. gummifera or E. ptychocarpa, having rough, scaly bark.
an African tree, Pterocarpus angolensis, having reddish wood.
the wood of any of these trees.

bloodwood

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noun

any of several species of Australian eucalyptus that exude a red sap

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bloodwood¹

1715–25; blood + wood ¹; so called from the color of the sap or wood

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Photograph: Davida MaChing/AP They fly out at dusk to feed on flowering spotted gum and bloodwood trees in forests, then wake locals with a cacophony of screeching on their return to town before dawn.

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Favorites are spalted maple, bloodwood, Australian cypress and chenchen.

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Daniel Metcalfe was commended as a runner-up for his image of a resprouting pink bloodwood tree among blady grass stalks following a forest fire.

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This pink bloodwood tree is resprouting among the grass stalks after a forest fire.

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Daniel Metcalfe was commended as a runner up for his image of a resprouting pink bloodwood tree amongst blady grass stalks following a forest fire.

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