Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LOG'WOOD, n.

The popular English name of Hæmatoxylon Campeachianum. A tree and wood, called also Campeachy-wood, from the bay of Campeachy in Spanish America. This tree has a crooked, deformed stem, growing to the highth of 20 or 24 feet, with crooked irregular branches, armed with strong thorns. The wood is of a firm texture and a red color. It is used much in dyeing. – Encyc.