guayaco

Definitions of guayaco
  1. noun
    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: guayacán
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    type of:
    angiospermo
    any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
  2. noun
    hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
    synonyms: guayacán
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    type of:
    madera
    the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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