Definition of guaiacum Guaiacum
guai•a•cum
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NounPlural: guaiacums |
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| guaiacum - small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America | ||
| genus Guaiacum | ||
| rosid dicot genus a genus of dicotyledonous plants | ||
| bean-caper family, family zygophyllaceae, zygophyllaceae small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea | ||
| guaiacum officinale, lignum vitae small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America; a source of lignum vitae wood, hardest of commercial timbers, and a medicinal resin | ||
| guaiacum - medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree | ||
| natural resin a plant exudate | ||
| guaiacum - hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum | ||
| lignum vitae, guaiac | ||
| wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- guaiacum (n.)
A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America. - guaiacum (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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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guaiacum
gwā′ya-kum, n. a genus of trees in the West Indies, that yield a greenish resin used in medicine. [Sp. guayaco, from a Haytian word.]
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🔤- guaiacum, noun, singular of guaiacums.
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