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Guaiacum

Guaiacum Meaning & Definition
Guaiacum Definition And Meaning

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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