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Logwood
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called haematoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Logwood'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/logwood.html. 1828.