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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Log·wood n.  The heartwood of a tree (Hæmatoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called hæmatoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cam·peach·y Wood  Logwood.