guaiacum wood

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Noun1.guaiacum wood - heartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes
guaiac wood
Bulnesia sarmienti, palo santo - South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense
wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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And how could learned medicine account for the fact that two of the most popular remedies, guaiacum wood imported from the New World and mercury salves, originated among unschooled empirics?
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