logwood

(noun)

noun

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

Definition categories: plant, wood

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

Definition categories: plant, blackwood