logwood tree

1. (noun) 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
Synonyms: Haematoxylum campechianum, bloodwood tree, campeachy, logwood
Related Words: blackwood, blackwood tree



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