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A tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.
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Logwood — Log wood . [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree ({H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum}), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used largely in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Logwood — (engl., spr. lógg wudd), s. Kampescheholz … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
logwood — [lôg′wood΄] n. [so called from being imported in logs] 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 … English World dictionary
logwood — noun Date: 1581 1. a. a leguminous tree (Haematoxylon campechianum) of Mexico and the West Indies b. the very hard brown or brownish red heartwood of logwood 2. a dye extracted from the heartwood of logwood compare hematoxylin … New Collegiate Dictionary
logwood — log·wood lȯg .wu̇d, läg n 1 a) a Central American and West Indian leguminous tree (Haematoxylon campechianum) b) the very hard brown or brownish red heartwood of logwood 2) a dye extracted from the heartwood of logwood see HEMATOXYLIN * * *… … Medical dictionary
logwood — /lawg wood , log /, n. 1. the heavy, brownish red heartwood of a West Indian and Central American tree, Haematoxylon campechianum, of the legume family, used in dyeing. 2. the tree itself. [1575 85; LOG1 + WOOD1] * * * ▪ Haematoxylon campechianum … Universalium
logwood — /ˈlɒgwʊd/ (say logwood) noun 1. the heavy brownish red heartwood of a West Indian and Central American tree, Haematoxylon campechianum, much used in dyeing. 2. the tree itself …
logwood — mėlynasis kampešmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Cezalpinijinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, dažinis, vaistinis, medingas augalas (Haematoxylum campechianum), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Haematoxylum campechianum angl.… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
logwood — kampešmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Cezalpinijinių (Caesalpiniaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Haematoxylum). atitikmenys: lot. Haematoxylum angl. logwood vok. Blauholzbaum; Blutholzbaum; Kampescheholzbaum rus. гематоксилум lenk.… … Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas
logwood tree — 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 • Syn: ↑logwood, ↑campeachy,… … Useful english dictionary
logwood black — noun : a rich black formed especially on silk by mordanting with a salt of iron and dyeing with logwood … Useful english dictionary
