Hypernym

noun

any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood

Member_meronym

Haematoxylum 1

noun

small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees

Substance_meronym

logwood 1

noun

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

haematoxylin 1

noun

a compound extracted from the heartwood of the logwood tree.

logwood 3

noun

a purplish-red dye obtained from Haematoxylum campechianum (logwood).

logwood 2

noundomain: plant

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

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

Synonyms

Member_holonym

Haematoxylum 1

noun

small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees

Substance_holonym

logwood 1

noun

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

haematoxylin 1

noun

a compound extracted from the heartwood of the logwood tree.

logwood 3

noun

a purplish-red dye obtained from Haematoxylum campechianum (logwood).

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