noun
- Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood.
- synonyms: kiaat, Pterocarpus angolensis
- 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, logwood tree, campeachy, Haematoxylum campechianum
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