| NOUN | plant | guaiacum | medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree |
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| plant | guaiacum, lignum vitae, guaiac | hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum | |
| plant | Guaiacum, genus Guaiacum | small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America |
| Meaning | medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree. | |
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| Broader | natural resin | A plant exudate |
| Substance of | lignum vitae, Guaiacum officinale | small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America |
| Spanish | guayacol | |
| Catalan | guaiacol | |
| Meaning | Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum. | |
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| Synonyms | lignum vitae, guaiac | |
| Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
| Substance of | lignum vitae, Guaiacum officinale | small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America |
| Spanish | guaiacum, guayacán, guayaco | |
| Catalan | guaiac | |
| Meaning | small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America. | |
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| Synonym | genus Guaiacum | |
| Member of | Zygophyllaceae, family Zygophyllaceae, bean-caper family | small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions |
| Members | bastard lignum vitae, Guaiacum sanctum | small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood |
| lignum vitae, Guaiacum officinale | small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America | |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
| Spanish | genus guaiacum, guaiacum | |
| Catalan | genus guaiacum, guaiacum | |
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