(n) 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.campeachy, logwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, bloodwood tree
(n) 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.campeachy, logwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, bloodwood tree
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
pos>n. [ So called from being imported in logs. ] The heartwood of a tree (Hæmatoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called hæmatoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
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