logwood
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logwood
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From log + wood.
noun logwoods
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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.
Similar: bloodwood, blackwood, bloodwood tree, blockwood, bluewood, campeachy tree, campe, logwood tree
- Any of various trees of the genus Xylosma in the willow family.
- 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.
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noun Haematoxylum campechianum
| Español | palo campeche, campeche, palo tinta |
|---|---|
| Português | campeche |
| Français | campêche |
| Română | băcan |
| Русский | кампешевое дерево kampeševoje derevo |
Talk about this word "logwood." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/logwood. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. logwood. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/logwood "logwood." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/logwood.Cite this
@misc{logwood_2026,
title = {logwood},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/logwood},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
