Definition of logwood

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  • logwood is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
  • logwood is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
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Definition of logwood

  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. bloodwood tree
    2. campeachy
    3. haematoxylum campechianum
    4. logwood tree
  • very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye (noun)

See definition of logwood in Merriam Webster