Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A spiny tropical American tree (Haematoxylum campechianum) in the pea family, having dark heartwood from which a dyestuff is obtained.
- noun The heartwood of this tree.
- noun The purplish-red dye obtained from the heartwood of this tree.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tree, Hæmatoxylon Campechianum, found in many parts of the West Indies, where it has been introduced from the adjoining continent, especially from Honduras, on which account it has been called
Campeachy wood . - noun The wood of this tree.
- noun The bluewood, Condalia obovata.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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 calledCampeachy wood , andbloodwood .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, in the
legume family, of greateconomic importance and growing throughoutCentral America .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
- noun very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
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Examples
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All this from a little tree simply called logwood.
Bob Schulman: The Treasures of Campeche Bob Schulman 2011
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All this from a little tree simply called logwood.
Bob Schulman: The Treasures of Campeche Bob Schulman 2011
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The history of land-use can be inferred through the presence in the woodlands of trees such as logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum) produced from Central America in the 18th century.
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Some dye-stuffs, such as logwood for blacks, work best when the wool is mordanted with chromic acid, which is effected when sulphuric acid is the assistant mordant.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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Most of the natural colouring matters, such as logwood and fustic, belong to another group of dye-stuffs.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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It can be detected by the so-called "logwood" test, which is prepared and used as follows:
The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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Another black ink not durable, however, is "logwood;" its extract is combined with a little chromate of potassium and boiled together in water.
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Timber, hemp, guano, hides, bones, with dye and tan materials; such as logwood, indigo, valonia, are either consumed here, or contribute little to the bulk of our exports.
The Coal Question~ Of the Export and Import of Coal William Stanley Jevons 1865
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We got into our boat again and glided along the shores, on one side low and marshy, with great trees lying in the water; on the other also low, but thickly wooded and with valuable timber, such as logwood and ebony, together with cedars, India-rubber trees, limes, lemons, etc.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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We got into our boat again and glided along the shores, on one side low and marshy, with great trees lying in the water; on the other also low, but thickly wooded and with valuable timber, such as logwood and ebony, together with cedars,
Life in Mexico Frances Calder��n de la Barca 1843
chained_bear commented on the word logwood
Usage on fustic.
October 20, 2008