Definitions for logwoods

logwoods log·wood

Spelling: [lawg-woo d, log-]
IPA: /ˈlɔgˌwʊd, ˈlɒg-/

Logwoods is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 107 anagrams from letters in logwoods (dglooosw).

Definitions for logwoods

noun

  1. the heavy, brownish-red heartwood of a West Indian and Central American tree, Haematoxylon campechianum, of the legume family, used in dyeing.
  2. the tree itself.

Origin of logwoods

First recorded in 1575-85; log1 + wood1

Examples for logwoods

Decoction of logwood and alum; also blues tempered with bright red.

The Bay of Campeachy supplied about 1,000 tons of logwood annually.

Allow a pound of logwood to each pound of goods that are to be dyed.

Because there was logwood ink in existence every year since 1866, till now.

logwood is often used also in conjunction with coal-tar dyestuffs.

The logwood extract is cheap and comes in the form of gum or resin.

If we get a pink to deep red solution we have logwood black.

From logwood also may be obtained different shades of Violet.

logwood is one of the cheapest and most easily managed of the dye stuffs.

Dip the goods in—when saturated with it, turn the whole into the logwood dye.

Word Value for logwoods
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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