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guai·a·cum
(gwī′ə-kəm)n.
1. Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Guaiacum; a lignum vitae.
2. also guai·ac (gwī′ăk′)
a. The wood of a guaiacum.
b. A greenish-brown resin obtained from this tree, used medicinally and in varnishes.
[New Latin, from Spanish guayacán, from Taíno.]
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guaiacum
(ˈɡwaɪəkəm) orguaiocum
n
1. (Plants) any tropical American evergreen tree of the zygophyllaceous genus Guaiacum, such as the lignum vitae
2. (Plants) the hard heavy wood of any of these trees
3. (Plants) Also called: guaiac a brownish resin obtained from the lignum vitae, used medicinally and in making varnishes
[C16: New Latin, from Spanish guayaco, of Taino origin]
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guai•a•cum
(ˈgwaɪ ə kəm)n.
1. any of several tropical American trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Guaiacum of the caltrop family.
2. the wood of this tree; lignum vitae.
3. guaiac.
[1525–35; < New Latin < Sp guayaco, guayacán < Taino]
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| Noun | 1. |  guaiacum - medicinal resin from the lignum vitae treeGuaiacum 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 natural resin - a plant exudate |
| 2. |  guaiacum - hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus GuaiacumGuaiacum 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 wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees | |
| 3. | Guaiacum - small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America 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 sanctum - small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood |
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