Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

logwood

/lˈɑɡwˌʊd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: log-wood
IPA: /lˈɑɡwˌʊd/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of various trees of the genus Xylosma in the willow family.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Wood of any of these trees.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The green flanks of the uplands, all feathered with bamboo interspersed with the dark, glinting green of breadfruit and the sudden Bengal fire of Flame of the Forest, gave way to the lower forests of ebony, mahogany, mahoe and logwood."
"In the latter part of the eighteenth century in Maryland, [Easter] eggs were boiled in logwood which dyed the shells crimson, and the patterns would be scratched away with a pin."

Etymology

From log + wood.

Usage

Inflected Forms

logwoods (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hematoxylin

Synonyms

bloodwood, blackwood, bloodwood tree, blockwood, bluewood, campeachy tree, campeachy wood, campeche logwood, campeche wood, Jamaica wood logwood tree campeachy bloodwood tree haematoxylum campechianum

Questions

How do you pronounce logwood?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈɑɡwˌʊd/.
What does logwood mean?: A tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.
Where does logwood come from?: From log + wood.

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