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Lignum Vitae

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Noun

1. guaiac, guaiacum, lignum vitae

hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum

2. guaiacum officinale, lignum vitae

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lignum Vitae

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noun
1. 
either of two zygophyllaceous tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, having blue or purple flowers
2. 
the heavy resinous wood of either of these trees, which is used in machine bearings, casters, etc: formerly thought to have medicinal properties

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Lignum Vitae

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1. 
guaiacum (sense 1)
2.  Business
the very hard wood of the guaiacum, used in marine and machine bearings, casters, pulleys, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lignum Vitae

see synonyms of lignum vitae
n. pl. lignum vitaes
1. Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Guaiacum, especially G. officinale or G. sanctum, having evergreen leaves and very heavy, durable, resinous wood.
2. The wood of any of these trees, the hardest of commercial woods.

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