guaiac

3 definitions found

guaiac - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Guaiacum \Gua"ia*cum\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native
     name in Haiti.]
     1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in
        tropical America.
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     2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum officinale
        or lignum-vit[ae], a large tree of the West Indies and
        Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written
        also guaiac.]
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  Guaiac \Gua"iac\, a. [See Guaiacum.]
     Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum. -- n. Guaiacum.
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guaiac - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  guaiac
      n 1: hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other
           trees of the genus Guaiacum [syn: lignum vitae, guaiac,
           guaiacum]