Thesaurus: guaiacum

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1. n. A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.
2. 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.
3. n. medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree
4. n. hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
5. 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- vitæ, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written also guaiac.]
6. A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.
7. n medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree n hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum n small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America