Word
Logwood
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2 Syllables
How it's divided?
log-wood
Definition
- n. - The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a
native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a
crystalline substance called haematoxylin, and is used largely in
dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent.
Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.
- 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
- noun - Very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
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