| NOUN | plant | logwood | very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree |
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| plant | logwood, logwood tree, campeachy, 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 |
| Sounds | laa'gwuh.d | |
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| Rhymes | adulthood ... wormwood: 60 rhymes with uhd... | |
| Meaning | Very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye. | |
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| Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
| Substance of | logwood, logwood tree, campeachy, 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 |
| 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 tree, campeachy, 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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