guaiacum : Idioms & Phrases


genus guaiacum

  • noun small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America
    Guaiacum.
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guaiacum officinale

  • noun 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
    lignum vitae.
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guaiacum sanctum

  • noun small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood
    bastard lignum vitae.
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guaiacum wood

  • noun heartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes
    guaiac wood.
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