# logwood

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From log + wood.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/logwood