(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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