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logwood definition

log·wood (lôg′wo̵od′)

noun

  1. 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
  2. this tree, having thorny branches and small, yellow flowers
  3. the dye

Etymology: so called from being imported in logs

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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