campeachy wood

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campeachy wood - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Logwood \Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.]
     The heartwood of a tree (H[ae]matoxylon Campechianum), a
     native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing
     a crystalline substance called h[ae]matoxylin, and is used
     largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in
     medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and
     bloodwood.
     [1913 Webster]

  Campeachy Wood \Cam*peach"y Wood`\ [From the bay of Campeachy,
     in Mexico.]
     Logwood.
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