lignum vitae

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lignum vitae - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lignum vitae
      n 1: hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other
           trees of the genus Guaiacum [syn: lignum vitae, guaiac,
           guaiacum]
      2: 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
         [syn: lignum vitae, Guaiacum officinale]