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logwood | (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: bloodwood tree, campeachy, Haematoxylum campechianum, logwood tree |
(noun) very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye | - |