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lignum vitae

DEFINITIONS OF: lignum vitae

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n 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

Synonyms:
Guaiacum officinale
Type of:
angiospermous tree, flowering tree
any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

n hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum

Synonyms:
guaiac, guaiacum
Type of:
wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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