logwood

[ lawg-wood, log- ]

/ ˈlɔgˌwʊd, ˈlɒg- /

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noun

the heavy, brownish-red heartwood of a West Indian and Central American tree, Haematoxylon campechianum, of the legume family, used in dyeing.

the tree itself.

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Origin of logwood

First recorded in 1575–85; log¹ + wood¹

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How to use logwood in a sentence

Turn off the TV, put down your phone, and log off the computer.
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Upstairs, in the living room, splintered logs of hemlock cackled and spat from inside the wood stove.
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The young man weaves through clusters of bamboo and cuts a diagonal slash into a tree, positioning a hollow log at the end.
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Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.
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"But I can't stop to argue about it now;" and, saying this, he turned into a side path, and disappeared in the wood.
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They found a few belated sowars of the 3d Cavalry, who took refuge in a wood, and the artillery opened fire at the trees!
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You see, I stuck to him like a log to a root, but for the first week or so 'twant no use—not a bit.
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Walker had painted a picture he called "Spring," a young girl gathering primroses in a wood.
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British Dictionary definitions for logwood

logwood

/ (ˈlɒɡˌwʊd) /

noun

a leguminous tree, Haematoxylon campechianum, of the Caribbean and Central America

the heavy reddish-brown wood of this tree, yielding the dye haematoxylinSee also haematoxylon

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