HyperDic: logwood_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression logwood tree:
NOUNplantlogwood tree, logwood, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianumspiny 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 tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningSpiny 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.
Synonymslogwood, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum
Member ofHaematoxylum, genus Haematoxylum, Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylonsmall genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees
Broaderblackwood, blackwood treeAny of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood
SubstanceslogwoodVery hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree
Spanishcampeche

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