log·wood /ˈlɔgˌwʊd, ˈlɑg-/
蘇方木,其心材
log·wood /ˈlɔgˌwʊd, ˈlɑg-/ 名詞
Log·wood n. 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.
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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
tree, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum
campechianum]