A tropical American shrub, Bixa orellana (family Bixaceae), bearing bright red fruit containing red seeds from which a dye is obtained (see sense 2).
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > trees or shrubs yielding dyes > [noun] > other trees yielding dyes (9) achiote1648 A tropical American shrub, Bixa orellana (family Bixaceae), bearing bright red fruit containing red seeds from which a dye is obtained (see sense 2). Campeachy tree1652 The red dye-wood yielded by Hæmatoxylon Campechianum, better known as logwood, n. So Campeachy tree. logwood1652 The tree that yields this wood. roucou1662 More fully roucou tree. The achiote, a tropical American shrub, Bixa orellana (family Bixaceae), bearing fruit from which the dye is obtained… urucu1666 The anatta-tree, Bixa orellana; = roucou, n. 2. Morinda1754 A genus of small trees and shrubs of the family Rubiaceae, native esp. to tropical Asia and Australia, several of which have roots and root bark… berberine tree1861 an African tree, Xylopia polycarpa, which yields a yellow dye containing berberine. kamachili1866 A tree, Pithecolobium dulce, of the family Leguminosæ, native to tropical America and naturalized in the Philippines, having edible pods and bark… tanners' tree1884 Coriaria myrtifolia, a low deciduous shrub of Southern Europe used in tanning; also = tanners' sumac n. |
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