Look up: guaiacum

1. Guaiacum
   [n] - medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree 2. [n] - small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America
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2. guaiacum
   the resin from the heartwood of Guaiacum officinale(lignum vitae),used medicinally and as a reagent in tests for enzymes Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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3. Guaiacum
   Gua'ia·cum noun [ New Latin , from Spanish guayaco , from native name in Hayti.] 1. (Botany) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America. 2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum officinale or...
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4. guaiacum
   1. <botany> A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America. ... 2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum offinale or lignum-vitae, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine. ... Alternative forms: guaiac. ... Origin: NL, fr. Sp. Guayac...
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5. Guaiacum
   • (n.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America. • (n.) The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum offinale or lignum-vitae, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine.
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6. Guaiacum
   (from the article `lignum vitae`) ...hard, heavy wood that is brownish green in colour. It is used to make pulleys, shafts, axles, and bowling balls. The wood is relatively waterproof ...
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7. guaiacum
   
   • medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree
   • hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
   • small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America
   
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8. Guaiacum
   Guaiacum is a genus of plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae native to the West Indies and the tropical parts of America. They are ornamental, evergreen, hardwood trees and the resin of some varieties is used in medicine as a cure for syphilis. Guaiacum officinale has wood that is exceedingl...
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9. Guaiacum
   `Guaiacum`, sometimes spelled `Guajacum`, is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family Zygophyllaceae. It contains five species of slow-growing shrubs and abbr=on--> but are usually less than half of that. All are native to Subtropics|subtropical and tropical regions of the Ame...
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