Haematoxylum campechianum

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

logwood bloodwood campeachy bloodwood tree logwood tree

Hypernyms

blackwood blackwood tree

Examples

A popular new dye which arrived in Europe from the New World during the Renaissance was made from the wood of the logwood tree (Haematoxylum campechianum), which grew in Spanish Mexico. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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