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Definition of Logwood

Logwood
Logwood Log"wood` . [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree (H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.

Meaning of Logwood from wikipedia

- bluewood, campeachy tree, campeachy wood, campeche logwood, campeche wood, Jamaica wood, logwood or logwood tree) is a species of flowering tree in the legume...
- Xylosma crenata, the sawtooth logwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, that is endemic to the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii. It...
- natural black 1 or C.I. 75290, is a compound extracted from heartwood of the logwood tree (Haematoxylum campechianum) with a chemical formula of C 16H 14O 6...
- 1080/10520290500138372. PMID 16195172. S2CID 20338201. Smith C (2006). "Our debt to the logwood tree: the history of hematoxylin". MLO Med Lab Obs. 38 (5): 18, 20–2. PMID 16761865...
- Xylosma pachyphylla, commonly known as spiny logwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, that is endemic to Puerto Rico. It can...
- Xylosma congesta, commonly known as shiny xylosma, is a species of flowering plant native to China. The species was first recorded in China by Jesuit missionary...
- could attack Spanish ships (see English settlement in Belize) and cut logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum) trees. The first British permanent settlement...
- supported their activities." Logwood was another product that pla**** a significant role in the church's history. Logwood was sought after for its purple-red...
- and dominated by savanna-like brush, including cacti, Copaiba balsam, logwood and acacia. Anole lizards and fer-de-lance snakes are native to the island...
- increase of Caribbean piracy at this time was Spain's breakup of the English logwood settlement at Campeche and the attractions of a freshly sunken silver fleet...