Finnish Meaning of logwood

Maanpunapuu

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Wordnet

logwood (n)

very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye

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

Webster

logwood (n.)

The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called haematoxylin, 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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Maanpunapuu

very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye, spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies

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log-ship => Lokikirja, logrono => Logroño, logrolling => logrolling, logroller => Tukkipuiden kuljettaja, logroll => Vaalikauppa,