HyperDic: guaiacum_wood

English > 1 sense of the expression guaiacum wood:
NOUNplantguaiacum wood, guaiac woodheartwood of a palo santo
English > guaiacum wood: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningheartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes.
Synonymguaiac wood
BroaderwoodThe hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
Substance ofpalo santo, Bulnesia sarmientiSouth American tree of dry interior regions / regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense

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