haematoxylon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees
    genus Haematoxylon; Haematoxylum; genus Haematoxylum.

WordNet

Hæm`a*tox"y*lon noun (Also<
  • Haematoxylon
  • Hæmatoxylon
)
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. blood + wood.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the H. Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan.

Webster 1913