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Definition of Camwood

1. Noun. Small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye.

Definition of Camwood

1. n. See Barwood.

Definition of Camwood

1. Noun. An African hardwood tree, ''Baphia nitida'', that is a form of sandalwood ¹

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Definition of Camwood

1. a type of wood [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Camwood

Literary usage of Camwood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Baptist Missionary Magazine by Executive Committee, Baptist General Convention, American Baptist Missionary Union, Board of Managers (1844)
"We were soon overtaken by another company of men, women, and children, who were going after camwood. This wood must be carried on people's backs 100 miles, ..."

2. The Art of Dyeing All Colors on Raw Cotton Or Cotton Waste, for the Purpose by Richard Gibson (1861)
"camwood.—The Tree whose wood is known to us by the name of camwood, grows in the countries ... camwood gives out its color to water with some reluctance, ..."

3. Applied Chemistry by Edward Andrew Parnell (1844)
"The coloring matter of camwood is quite similar in its properties to that of ... Both barwood and camwood possess much more permanence than peachwood, ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on Dyeing and Calico-printing: Including the Latest by Edward Andrew Parnell, Clinton G. Gilroy (1846)
"... —Berries of Avignon—Brazil-wood—camwood—Carmine, and the various processes of Manufacturing it—Carthamus ..."

5. The West India Colonies: The Calumnies and Misrepresentations Circulated by James MacQueen (1824)
"Caroline, Betsey and Ann, Juliana, 302 logs timber, 2764 billets, 41 tons camwood, 1 box bees wax, 74 bags 8 casks rice, 16 casks 1 box gum copal, ..."

6. Chemistry Applied to Dyeing by James Napier (1853)
"camwood Is another species of red-wood sometimes used in the dye- house, imported from Sierra Leone. The color obtained from it is more permanent, ..."

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