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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America..
In the latter part of the eighteenth century in Maryland, [Easter] eggs were boiled in logwood which dyed the shells crimson, and the patterns would be scratched away with a pin.
Use logwood when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Logwood means A tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America..
Common synonyms include bloodwood, blackwood, bloodwood tree, blockwood, bluewood, campeachy tree, campeachy wood, campeche logwood, campeche wood, Jamaica wood, logwood tree, bloodwood tree, haematoxylum campechianum.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In the latter part of the eighteenth century in Maryland, [Easter] eggs were boiled in logwood which dyed the shells crimson, and the patterns would be scratched away with a pin.
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