HyperDic: guaiac

English > 1 sense of the word guaiac:
NOUNplantguaiac, lignum vitae, guaiacumhard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
English > guaiac: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningHard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
Synonymslignum vitae, guaiacum
BroaderwoodThe hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
Substance oflignum vitae, Guaiacum officinalesmall evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America
Spanishguaiacum, guayacán, guayaco
Catalanguaiac

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