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

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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

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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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