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log•wood
Pronunciation: (lôg'wood", log'-), [key]—
n.
1. the heavy, brownish-red heartwood of a West Indian and Central American tree,
Haematoxylon campechianum, of the legume family, used in dyeing.
2. the tree itself.
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