logwood Definition
log·wood (lôg′wo̵od′)
noun
- the hard, brownish-red wood of a tropical tree (Haematoxylon campechianum) of the caesalpinia family, native to Central America and the West Indies: it yields a dye much used in biological stains and for dyeing fabrics
- this tree, having thorny branches and small, yellow flowers
- the dye
Etymology: so called from being imported in logs
logwood Usage Examples
Converse of object
cut: The Spanish considered Belize a backwater suitable only for cutting logwood to be used for dye.
Preposition: in
dyeing: I c.4 ); e ) The power to deal with dyers suspected of using logwood in dyeing ( 23 Eliz.
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