'Logwood' definitions:
Definition of 'logwood'
(from WordNet)
noun
Very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
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 [syn: logwood, logwood tree, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum]
Definition of 'Logwood'
From: GCIDE
- Logwood \Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree (H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood. [1913 Webster]