logwood tree

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 112517454)
    is a type of: blackwood, blackwood tree - any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood
    belongs to: genus haematoxylon, genus haematoxylum, haematoxylon, haematoxylum - small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees
    substance holonym: logwood - very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
    same as: bloodwood tree, campeachy, haematoxylum campechianum, logwood

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