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hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum

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  1. n. hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
  2. n. 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