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logwood
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1.
a.
(1) : a tree (Haematoxylon campechianum) of Central America and the West Indies
(2) : the very hard brown or brownish red heartwood of this tree that is used in preparing a dye
(3) : a dye prepared from this heartwood as a water extract or as a solid extract obtained by evaporation or as crystals and used in dyeing various materials (as mordanted silk or wool or cotton or as leather or fur or hair) black — see dye table I (under Natural Black 1); hematein, hematoxylin
b. : a tree (Condalia obovata) of Texas and adjacent Mexico that has spatulate entire mucronate leaves forming dense chaparral thickets and yielding a yellow dye — called also brasil
2. : a blackish purple to purplish black — called also admiral, bluewood, campeachy wood |