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Webster 1913 Edition

Guaiacum

Gua′ia-cum

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Sp.
guayaco
, from native name in Haiti.]
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.
2.
The heart wood or the resin of the
Guaiacum officinale
or lignum-vitæ, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine.
[Written also
guaiac
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Guaiacum

GUAIACUM

,
Noun.
gua'cum. Lignum vitae, or pock wood; a tree produced in the warm climates of America. The wood is very hard, ponderous and resinous. The resin of this tree, or gum guaiacum, is of a greenish cast, and much used in medicine as a stimulant.

Definition 2024

guaiacum

guaiacum

See also: Guaiacum

English

Noun

guaiacum ‎(usually uncountable, plural guaiacums)

  1. Any of a number of species of tree of the genus Guaiacum, native to the West Indies and parts of the Americas.
  2. The wood or resin of this tree.

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Etymology

Modern Latin, from Spanish guayacan.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡwaɪəkəm/

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