LOGWOOD
Scrabble letter values: L1O1G2W4O1O1D2 = 12
Definition
- noun very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree.
- noun 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: logwood_tree, campeachy, bloodwood_tree, Haematoxylum_campechianum
Examples
- “used in preparing a purplish red dye”