Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: bloodwood tree, campeachy, Haematoxylum campechianum, logwood tree

See Also: blackwood, blackwood tree, genus Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylum, Haematoxylon, Haematoxylum, logwood, wood

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