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Definition of Guaiacum offinale

Guaiacum offinale
Guaiacum Gua"ia*cum, n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native name in Hayti.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America. 2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum offinale 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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