logwood

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Etymology

From log +‎ wood.

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logwood (countable and uncountable, plural logwoods)

  1. A tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.
    Synonyms: blackwood, bloodwood tree, blockwood, bluewood, campeachy tree, campeachy wood, campeche logwood, campeche wood, Jamaica wood; logwood tree
  2. Any of various trees of the genus Xylosma in the willow family.
  3. The wood of any of these trees.
    • 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 164:
      In the latter part of the eighteenth century in Maryland, eggs were boiled in logwood which dyed the shells crimson, and the patterns would be scratched away with a pin.

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