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Synonyms for logwood

Noun

1. logwood, wood
usage: very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
2. logwood, logwood tree, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, blackwood, blackwood tree
usage: 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
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