About The Word Guaiacum
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Guaiacum
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What's The Definition Of Guaiacum?
[n] small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America
[n] hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum [n] medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree Synonyms | Synonyms for Guaiacum: genus Guaiacum | guaiac Related Terms | Find terms related to Guaiacum: See Also | bastard lignum vitae | bean-caper family | family Zygophyllaceae | Guaiacum officinale | Guaiacum sanctum | lignum vitae | natural resin | rosid dicot genus | wood | Zygophyllaceae Guaiacum In Webster's Dictionary \Gua"ia*cum\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native
name in Hayti.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in
tropical America.
2. The heart wood or the resin of the {Guaiacum offinale} or
lignum-vit[ae], a large tree of the West Indies and
Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written
also {guaiac}.]
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