| slovo | definícia |
logwood
(encz) | logwood, n: |
Logwood
(gcide) | Logwood \Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.]
The heartwood of a tree (H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum), a
native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing
a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used
largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in
medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and
bloodwood.
[1913 Webster] |
logwood
(wn) | logwood
n 1: very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood
tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
2: 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 [syn: logwood, {logwood
tree}, campeachy, bloodwood tree, {Haematoxylum
campechianum}] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
logwood tree
(encz) | logwood tree, n: |
Logwood
(gcide) | Logwood \Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.]
The heartwood of a tree (H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum), a
native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing
a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used
largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in
medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and
bloodwood.
[1913 Webster] |
logwood tree
(wn) | logwood tree
n 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 [syn: logwood,
logwood tree, campeachy, bloodwood tree,
Haematoxylum campechianum] |
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