logwood

Other forms: logwoods

Definitions of logwood

1. 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
   synonyms: Haematoxylum campechianum, bloodwood tree, campeachy, logwood tree

   type of:

   blackwood, blackwood tree

   any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood
2. noun

   very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
   type of:

   wood

   the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees