logwood, logwood tree, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum
(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
logwood
(noun) very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
Source: WordNet® 3.1
logwood (plural logwoods)
A tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.
Any of various trees of the genus Xylosma in the willow family.
• Goodlow
Source: Wiktionary
Log"wood` n. Etym: [So called from being imported in logs.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
