Definition of Guaiacum. Meaning of Guaiacum. Synonyms of Guaiacum

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Definition of Guaiacum

Guaiacum
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.]

Meaning of Guaiacum from wikipedia

- Guaia**** (/ˈɡwaɪ.ə.kəm/), sometimes spelled Guaja****, is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family Zygophyllaceae. It contains five species of...
- Guaia**** officinale, commonly known as roughbark lignum-vitae, guaiacwood or gaïacwood, is a species of tree in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae, that...
- Guaia**** sanctum, commonly known as holywood, lignum vitae or holywood lignum-vitae, is a species of flowering plant in the creosote bush family, Zygophyllaceae...
- wood, also called guayacan or guaia****, and in parts of Europe known as Pockholz or pokhout, from trees of the genus Guaia****. The trees are indigenous to...
- Guaia**** coulteri is a species of flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae, that is native to western Mexico and Guatemala. Rivers, M.C. (2017). "Guaia****...
- explorers reached North America in the 16th century. The Spanish encountered guaia**** wood "when they conquered Santo Domingo; it was soon brought back to Europe...
- Boswellia sacra, galbanum from Ferula gummosa, gum guaia**** from the lignum vitae trees of the genus Guaia****, kauri gum from trees of Agathis australis, hashish...
- Guaia**** angustifolium is a species of flowering plant in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Common names include Texas guaia****, Texas lignum-vitae...
- discussing the use of guaia**** for treatment of syphilis. Although guaia**** did not have the unpleasant side effects of mercury, guaia**** was not particularly...
- amazonica) India – Indian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) Jamaica – lignum vitae (Guaia**** officinale) Kenya – the tropical orchid Kiribati – Bidens kiribatiensis...