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GUAIACUM
Guaiacum, genus Guaiacum
(noun) small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America
guaiacum
(noun) medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
guaiacum (usually uncountable, plural guaiacums)
Any of a number of species of tree of the genus Guaiacum, native to the West Indies and parts of the Americas.
The wood or resin of this tree.
Synonyms
• lignum vitae
Source: Wiktionary
Gua"ia*cum, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native name in Hayti.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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