Meaning
A small, thorny tree that shaped Jamaica's history and economy — its dense heartwood yields a rich dye once hugely valuable for colouring cloth, and its tiny flowers give the famous dark, amber logwood honey. Once a major export, the logwood tree still grows across the dry lowlands, and 'logwood honey' remains a prized Jamaican product.
Examples
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Logwood honey dark an rich.
Logwood honey is dark and rich.
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Long time, logwood dye did big money.
Long ago, logwood dye was big money.
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Di bee dem love di logwood flowa.
The bees love the logwood flowers.
Origin
The logwood tree (Haematoxylum campechianum); a historic dye and honey source. See [[bamboo]], [[cedar]].
How it’s used
A dye-and-honey tree of Jamaican history; source of logwood honey. See [[cedar]], [[mahogany]].