1. (

• logwood ,

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

2. (

• logwood ,
• logwood_tree ,
• campeachy ,
• bloodwood_tree ,
• Haematoxylum_campechianum

) 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 ;