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noun
A tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: bloodwood, blackwood, bloodwood tree, blockwood, bluewood, campeachy tree, campeachy wood, campeche logwood, campeche wood, Jamaica wood, logwood tree
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of various trees of the genus Xylosma in the willow family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Wood of any of these trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: logwood tree, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blackwood, blackwood tree
noun
very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wood
History
From log + wood.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
