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Logwood

Logwood Meaning & Definition
Logwood Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Logwood?

[n] spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye
[n] very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye

Synonyms | Synonyms for Logwood: bloodwood tree | campeachy | Haematoxylum campechianum | logwood tree

Related Terms | Find terms related to Logwood:

See Also | blackwood | blackwood tree | genus Haematoxylon | genus Haematoxylum | Haematoxylon | Haematoxylum | logwood | wood

Logwood In Webster's Dictionary

\Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree ({H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum}), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called {Campeachy wood}, and {bloodwood}.

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