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logwood en · NOUN

Etymology

From log + wood.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.
   • The green flanks of the uplands, all feathered with bamboo interspersed with the dark, glinting green of breadfruit and the sudden Bengal fire of Flame of the Forest, gave way to the lower forests of ebony, mahogany, mahoe and logwood. 1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 181:
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of various trees of the genus Xylosma in the willow family.
3. (countable, uncountable) Wood of any of these trees.
   • In the latter part of the eighteenth century in Maryland, [Easter] eggs were boiled in logwood which dyed the shells crimson, and the patterns would be scratched away with a pin. 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 164:

Forms

Relateds

hematoxylin

Synonyms

bloodwood, blackwood, bloodwood tree, blockwood, bluewood, campeachy tree, campeachy wood, campeche logwood, campeche wood, Jamaica wood · logwood tree

Translations (11)

pt campeche (Haematoxylum campechianum) · cs kampeškový strom (Haematoxylum campechianum) · es campeche (Haematoxylum campechianum) · bg сандалово дърво (Haematoxylum campechianum) · cs kreveň obecná (Haematoxylum campechianum) · fr campêche (Haematoxylum campechianum) · ro băcan (Haematoxylum campechianum) · ru кампешевое дерево (Haematoxylum campechianum) · es palo campeche (Haematoxylum campechianum) · es palo tinta (Haematoxylum campechianum) · ca campetx (Haematoxylum campechianum)