Meaning of GUAIACUM
| Pronunciation: | | 'gwIukum
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Guaiacum, guaiac |
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| | See Also: | | bastard lignum vitae, bean-caper family, family Zygophyllaceae, Guaiacum officinale, Guaiacum sanctum, lignum vitae, natural resin, rosid dicot genus, wood, Zygophyllaceae | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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