Dictionary entry

Hæmatoxylon

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Hæm′a‐tox″y‐lon (–lŏn), n. [NL., fr. Gr. αἱ̑μα blood + ξύλον wood.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the H. Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan.