In the latter part of the eighteenth century in Maryland, [Easter] eggs were boiled in logwood which dyed the shells crimson, and the patterns would be scratched away with a pin.
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Logwood
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Bulgarian
1 entries- сандалово дърво noun (Haematoxylum campechianum)
Catalan
1 entries- campetx noun (Haematoxylum campechianum)
Czech
2 entries- kampeškový strom noun (Haematoxylum campechianum)
- kreveň obecná noun (Haematoxylum campechianum)
French
1 entries- campêche noun (Haematoxylum campechianum)
Portuguese
1 entries- campeche noun (Haematoxylum campechianum)
Romanian
1 entries- băcan noun (Haematoxylum campechianum)
Russian
1 entries- кампешевое дерево noun (Haematoxylum campechianum)
Spanish
3 entries- campeche noun (Haematoxylum campechianum)
- palo campeche noun (Haematoxylum campechianum)
- palo tinta noun (Haematoxylum campechianum)
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