Meaning of LOGWOOD
| Pronunciation: | | 'log`wûd
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | bloodwood tree, campeachy, Haematoxylum campechianum, logwood tree |
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| | See Also: | | blackwood, blackwood tree, genus Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylum, Haematoxylon, Haematoxylum, logwood, wood | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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