Logwood

Word LOGWOOD
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Hyphenation log wood
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Definitions and meanings of "Logwood"

What do we mean by logwood?

A spiny tropical American tree (Haematoxylum campechianum) in the pea family, having dark heartwood from which a dyestuff is obtained. noun

The heartwood of this tree. noun

The purplish-red dye obtained from the heartwood of this tree. noun

A tree, Hæmatoxylon Campechianum, found in many parts of the West Indies, where it has been introduced from the adjoining continent, especially from Honduras, on which account it has been called Campeachy wood. noun

The wood of this tree. noun

The bluewood, Condalia obovata. noun

The heartwood of a tree (Hæmatoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called hæmatoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood. noun

A tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America. noun

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 noun

Very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye noun

A tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.

Any of various trees of the genus Xylosma in the willow family.

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The word "logwood" in example sentences

All this from a little tree simply called logwood. ❋ Bob Schulman (2011)

The history of land-use can be inferred through the presence in the woodlands of trees such as logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum) produced from Central America in the 18th century. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Some dye-stuffs, such as logwood for blacks, work best when the wool is mordanted with chromic acid, which is effected when sulphuric acid is the assistant mordant. ❋ Franklin Beech (N/A)

Most of the natural colouring matters, such as logwood and fustic, belong to another group of dye-stuffs. ❋ Franklin Beech (N/A)

It can be detected by the so-called "logwood" test, which is prepared and used as follows: ❋ Kenelm Winslow (N/A)

Another black ink not durable, however, is "logwood;" its extract is combined with a little chromate of potassium and boiled together in water. ❋ Unknown (1904)

Timber, hemp, guano, hides, bones, with dye and tan materials; such as logwood, indigo, valonia, are either consumed here, or contribute little to the bulk of our exports. ❋ William Stanley Jevons (1865)

We got into our boat again and glided along the shores, on one side low and marshy, with great trees lying in the water; on the other also low, but thickly wooded and with valuable timber, such as logwood and ebony, together with cedars, India-rubber trees, limes, lemons, etc. ❋ Frances Erskine Inglis (1843)

We got into our boat again and glided along the shores, on one side low and marshy, with great trees lying in the water; on the other also low, but thickly wooded and with valuable timber, such as logwood and ebony, together with cedars, ❋ Frances Calder��n De La Barca (1843)

Back in Campeche, as the Spanish renamed the city, fortunes were made by everyone from the logwood forests' new owners to the slave brokers who imported laborers to cut the trees. ❋ Bob Schulman (2011)

Without credit, the farmer would have his wagons waiting in Market Street, and no sale; while the merchant would have an abundance of rum, mahogany, logwood, dry goods, etc. in his stores. . . ❋ Charles Rappleye (2010)

About the same time, in Central America, English and Scottish buccaneers and logwood and mahogany cutters were also making incursions into Spanish territory. ❋ Dan Ernst (2009)

Other vegetation types include: herbaceous marsh and swamp found in seasonally inundated depressions, dominated by rushes, sedges, calabash Amphitecna breedlovei, bullet tree Bucida buceras and Jacquinia aurantiaca; grass savannas with scattered medium-talled (3-10m) A. breedlovei and logwood Haematoxylon campechianum; low semi-deciduous forest with a canopy 8-15 m in height, and formed by B. simaruba, poison wood Cameraria latifolia and H. campechianum; and medium semi-deciduous forest with a multi-level canopy 8-25 m in height. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Purple or black shades made from indigo and woad, the cornerstone substances of blue dyeing, were not as lively as those obtained from logwood. 11 Initially European dyers could produce only fugitive colors from logwood however; this was one reason for its prohibition in the sixteenth century. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In addition to the loss of native woodland, native evergreen thickets on Grand Cayman are now being replaced by logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum). ❋ Unknown (2007)

“Yours, Mr. Winterborne,” he had no idea whether he had bought fagots, poles, or logwood. ❋ Unknown (2006)

These skeins, from left to right, are dyed with: 1. Logwood, cochineal, and elderberry 2. Cochineal and logwood 3. Onion skns in an iron pot 4. Lac, Logwood, and Hibiscus 5. Rhubarb leaves ❋ The Raven (2006)

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