(n) 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, Syn. campeachy, logwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, bloodwood tree
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