HyperDic: guaiac_wood

English > 1 sense of the expression *guaiac wood*:
NOUN	plant	guaiac wood, guaiacum wood	heartwood of a palo santo

English > *guaiac wood*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	heartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes.
Synonym	guaiacum wood
Broader	wood	The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
Substance of	palo santo, Bulnesia sarmienti	South American tree of dry interior regions / regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense