Logwood

  • 61genus Haematoxylum — noun small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees • Syn: ↑Haematoxylum, ↑Haematoxylon, ↑genus Haematoxylon • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Caesalpinioideae, ↑ …

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  • 62Haematoxylum — noun small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees • Syn: ↑genus Haematoxylum, ↑Haematoxylon, ↑genus Haematoxylon • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Caesalpinioideae, ↑ …

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  • 63bloodwood — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of numerous trees having a red juice or red wood:as a. Australia (1) : any of several eucalypts (as Eucalyptus corymbosa) (2) : a tree (Baloghia lucida) the sap of which is used a …

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  • 64Cam|pea|chy wood — «kam PEE chee», = logwood. (Cf. ↑logwood) ╂[< Campeche, a state in Mexico] …

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  • 65Baloghia lucida — Bloodwood Blood wood, n. (Bot.) A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood. [1913 Webster] Note: Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree ({Baloghia lucida}), from which the sap is collected for use as a plant. Various other …

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  • 66Bloodwood — Blood wood, n. (Bot.) A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood. [1913 Webster] Note: Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree ({Baloghia lucida}), from which the sap is collected for use as a plant. Various other trees… …

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  • 67C16H14O6 — Haematoxylin H[ae]m a*tox y*lin ( t[o^]ks [i^]*l[i^]n), n. [See {H[ae]matoxylon}.] (Chem.) The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, {C16H14O6}, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also {hematin}.… …

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  • 68Campeachy Wood — Cam*peach y Wood [From the bay of Campeachy, in Mexico.] Logwood. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 69Copying ink — Ink Ink, n. [OE. enke, inke, OF. enque, F. encre, L. encaustum the purple red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their edicts, Gr. ?, fr. ? burnt in, encaustic, fr. ? to burn in. See {Encaustic}, {Caustic}.] 1. A fluid, or a viscous… …

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  • 70cor de chasse — French French (fr[e^]nch), prop. a. [AS. frencisc, LL. franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis, franchois, fran[,c]ois, F. fran[,c]ais. See {Frank}, a., and cf. {Frankish}.] Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants. [1913… …

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