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English noun: logwood

1. logwood (plant) very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye


Broader (hypernym)wood


Substance meronymbloodwood tree, campeachy, Haematoxylum campechianum, logwood, logwood tree

2. logwood (plant) 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


Synonymsbloodwood tree, campeachy, Haematoxylum campechianum, logwood tree


Broader (hypernym)blackwood, blackwood tree


Member meronymgenus Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylum, Haematoxylon, Haematoxylum


Substance holonymlogwood









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