English Explanatory Dictionary

logwood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.
  2. Any of various trees of the genus Xylosma in the willow family.
  3. Wood of any of these trees.

Word forms

logwood logwoods

Etymology

From log + wood.

Synonyms

bloodwood, blackwood, bloodwood tree, blockwood, bluewood, campeachy tree, campeachy wood, campeche logwood, campeche wood, Jamaica wood logwood tree

Related words

hematoxylin
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