logwood
1. [ noun ] very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
Related terms: wood
2. [ noun ] (botany) 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
Synonyms: campeachy bloodwood_tree Haematoxylum_campechianum logwood_tree
Related terms: blackwood Haematoxylum
Similar spelling:   Lockwood
  Lougheed