logwood
noun
logwood is spelled L-O-G-W-O-O-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, logwood means “A tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of logwood is logwoods.
How many letters and syllables are in logwood?
| Letters | 7: L-O-G-W-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 173,967th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is logwood?
Logwood appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce logwood?
Logwood has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of logwood
- logwoods plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does logwood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tree of species Haematoxylum campechianum, in the legume family, of great economic importance and growing throughout Central America.
- 2
Any of various trees of the genus Xylosma in the willow family.
- 3
Wood of any of these trees.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Logwood in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Haematoxylum campechianum:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does logwood come from?
From log + wood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).