"Lignum-Vitae" is a word in ENGLISH
A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm
latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured.
Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical
purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the
like. See Guaiacum.
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A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum.
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum.
Read the complete definitionGuaiacum.
Read the complete definitionThe heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum offinale or lignum-vitae, a large tree of the West Indies and …
Read the complete definitionA genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.
Read the complete definitionSame as Guaiacum.
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