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hæmatoxylon
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hæmatoxylon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + xy`lon wood.].
A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the Haematoxylon Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan. [1913 Webster]
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