 logwood |
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| 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 |
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