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logwood

Definition of logwood (English)

noun

  1. very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
    sumber: wordnet30
  2. 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
    sumber: wordnet30
  3. 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.
    sumber: webster1913