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Logwood Definition & Meaning

logwood
noun
  1. very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
  2. 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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What does logwood mean?
very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye 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
What part of speech is logwood?
Logwood is a noun.
How many definitions does logwood have?
Logwood has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).

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