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logwood
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As a noun, logwood means a tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.
Meanings of logwood
5 meaningsnoun
A tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.
Any of various trees of the genus Xylosma in the willow family.
The wood of any of these trees.
Very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dyeplant
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 dyeplant
Similar: logwood tree, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum
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