lignum vitae English

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lignum vitae

— 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

— noun (= guaiacum) hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum

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lignum vitae English » English

guaiacum

guaiac

Guaiacum officinale

bastard lignum vitae