Associations to the word «Guaiacum»

Wiktionary

GUAIACUM, noun. Any of a number of species of tree of the genus Guaiacum, native to the West Indies and parts of the Americas.
GUAIACUM, noun. The wood or resin of this tree.

Dictionary definition

GUAIACUM, noun. Medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree.
GUAIACUM, noun. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
GUAIACUM, noun. Small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America.

Wise words

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