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Webster 1913 Edition

Logwood

Log′woodˊ

Noun.
[So called from being imported in
logs
.]
The heartwood of a tree (
Hæmatoxylon Campechianum
), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called
hæmatoxylin
, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called
Campeachy wood
, and
bloodwood
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Logwood

LOG'WOOD

,
Noun.
A species of tree and wood, called also Campeachy-wood, from the bay of Campeachy in Spanish America, of the genus Haematoxylon, of which there is one species only. This tree has a crooked, deformed stem, growing to the height of 20 or 24 feet, with crooked irregular branches, armed with strong thorns. The wood is of a firm texture and a red color. It is much used in dyeing.

Definition 2024

logwood

logwood

English

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Noun

logwood ‎(plural logwoods)

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

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Etymology

log +‎ wood

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