dyewood

9.0

Wood used to make dye for coloring cloth

noun
/ˈdaɪˌwʊd/

Specialized

: madera de tinte

The rich hues of the dyewood made it a popular choice for traditional textile dyeing.

Examples

This and other tropical American exports of medicinal plants in the sixteenth century were only slightly less valuable than dyewoods and sugar (Estes 2000).

Academic text (2018)
In the past, artisans carefully sourced dyewood from local forests to produce natural dyes.
Many artisans use dyewood to create vibrant colors for their fabric projects.

Synonyms

logwood

vsdyewood

Specialized

9.9

Very hard brown wood from a tropical tree used to make deep purple dye

is the general term for woods that yield dyes rather than one species

camwood

vsdyewood

9.9

A small African tree with hard red wood that people use to make red dye

is the general class of woods used for dyeing rather than a single source

logwood tree

vsdyewood

9.9

A small spiny tree from the Caribbean whose hard inner wood makes black dye

focuses on the material used for dyes rather than the whole plant

yellowwood

vsdyewood

9.2

A tree with yellowish wood that people use to make yellow dye

is the broad category not limited to a single color or extract

bloodwood

vsdyewood

Australian

8.6

The red sticky sap that comes out of some trees and is used as a dye

refers to wood used for dyes rather than sap or other tree products

Surface Forms

dyewood singular

dyewoods plural

Morphology

dyewood = dye + wood (transparent) = dye + wood

A clear compound of 'dye' + 'wood' meaning wood from which a dye can be obtained; easily inferred from its parts.

Etymology

Dyewood comes from two simple English parts, dye ('color for cloth') and wood. So dyewood means wood that people use to make dyes to color fabric.