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Logwood

noun

Very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye.

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

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Words linked to "Logwood" : genus Haematoxylon, blackwood tree, genus Haematoxylum, Haematoxylum, blackwood, Haematoxylum campechianum, wood, Haematoxylon