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log·wood (lôgwo̵od′)

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

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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