NOUN | plant | campeachy, logwood, logwood tree, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum | 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 |
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Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonyms | logwood, logwood tree, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum | |
Member of | Haematoxylum, genus Haematoxylum, Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylon | small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees |
Broader | blackwood, blackwood tree | Any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood |
Substances | logwood | Very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree |
Spanish | campeche |
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