| NOUN | plant | Guaiacum officinale, lignum vitae | small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America |
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| Meaning | small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America; a source of lignum vitae wood, hardest of commercial timbers, and a medicinal resin. | |
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| Synonym | lignum vitae | |
| Member of | Guaiacum, genus Guaiacum | small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America |
| Broader | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
| Substances | guaiacum | medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree |
| lignum vitae, guaiac, guaiacum | Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum | |
| Spanish | guayacán, guayaco | |
| Catalan | guaiac, Guaiacum officinale | |
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