Associations to the word «Logwood»

Wiktionary

LOGWOOD, noun. A tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

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