Definition of logwood Logwood
/lɑˈgwʊˌd/ - [lagwud] - log•wood
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NounPlural: logwoods |
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| logwood - 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 | ||
| logwood tree, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum | ||
| blackwood tree, blackwood any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood | ||
| genus haematoxylon, genus haematoxylum, haematoxylon, haematoxylum small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees | ||
| logwood - very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye | ||
| wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- logwood (n.)
The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called haematoxylin, 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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logwood
Dyewood, Hæmatoxylon campechianum. It occurs on both sides of the American coasts near the Isthmus of Darien, and is a great article of trade, varying from £5 to £10 per ton. Recent discoveries of the products of coal have reduced the price.
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🔤- logwood, noun, singular of logwoods.
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