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noun
Any of a number of species of tree of the genus Guaiacum, native to the West Indies and parts of the Americas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The wood of such trees
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The resin of such trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Guaiacum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rosid dicot genus
noun
hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lignum vitae, guaiac
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wood
noun
medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: natural resin
History
From New Latin, from Spanish guayacán.
Across languages
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