1) Guaiac 2) Lignum vitae 3) Medicinal plant 4) Natural resin
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1) Guaiac
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- 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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• (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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(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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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. Guayaco, from native name in Hayti. ... Source: Websters...
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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 lignum-vitæ, a large tree of the West Indies and...
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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 exceedingly hard, of a pale yellow colour near the exterior,...
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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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any of several tropical American trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Guaiacum of the caltrop family; lignum vitae. · the hard, heavy wood of such a tree; guaiac. · resin obtained from such a tree; guaiac.
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