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Noun logwood has 2 senses

logwood - very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
--₁ is a kind of wood
--₁ is a substance of
logwood, logwood tree, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum
logwood, logwood tree, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum - 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
--₂ is a kind of blackwood, blackwood tree
--₂ is a member of
Haematoxylum, genus Haematoxylum, Haematoxylon, genus Haematoxylon
--₂ has substances: logwood