logwoodEnglish

logwood, Haematoxylum campechianum, bloodwood tree, campeachy, logwood tree

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

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

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

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