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logwood
N ต้นไม้ พวก Haematoxylon campechianum ใช้ เป็น สีย้อม
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LOGWOOD
n.A species of tree and wood, called also Campeachy-wood, from the bay of Campeachy in Spanish America, of the genus Haematoxylon, of which there is one species only. This tree has a crooked, deformed stem, growing to the height of 2 or 24 feet, with crooked irregular branches, armed with strong thorns. The wood is of a firm texture and a red color. It is much used in dyeing.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LOGWOOD
Log "wood ` n. Etym: [So called from being imported in logs.]
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
logwood
log wood |ˈlôgˌwo͝od, ˈläg -ˈlɔɡwʊd | ▶noun a spiny Caribbean tree of the pea family, the dark heartwood of which yields hematoxylin and other dyes. [Haematoxylon campechianum, family Leguminosae. ]
Oxford Dictionary
logwood
log |wood |ˈlɒgwʊd | ▶noun a spiny Caribbean tree of the pea family, the dark heartwood of which yields haematoxylin and other dyes. ●Haematoxylon campechianum, family Leguminosae.
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