logwood

[Log·wood`]

The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called haematoxylin, 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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The heartwood of a tree (H'91matoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h'91matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.

Noun
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

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


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The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called haematoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.


Logwood

Log"wood` n. [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree (H'91matoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h'91matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.

The heartwood of a tree (H'91matoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h'91matoxylin, 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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