Word of the Day:
bloodwood
What It Means
Certain eucalypts
woody-fruited bloodwood, genus Corymbia (formerly Eucalyptus subg. Corymbia)
paper-fruited bloodwood, Corymbia subg. Blakella (formerly Eucalyptus subg. Blakella)
Bloodwood in Context
“I cut bloodwood saplings and shaped a new pair of shafts with an adze.”
Did You Know?
From blood + wood.
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