guaiacum

guai·a·cum  (gw-km)

n.

1. A tree of the genus Guaiacum; a lignum vitae.

2. also guai·ac (gwk)

a. The wood of a guaiacum.

b. A greenish-brown resin obtained from this tree, used medicinally and in varnishes.

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[New Latin, from Spanish guayacán, from Taino.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	guaiacum - medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree Guaiacum officinale, lignum vitae - 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 natural resin - a plant exudate
	2.	guaiacum - hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum guaiac, lignum vitae Guaiacum officinale, lignum vitae - 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 wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	3.	Guaiacum - small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America genus Guaiacum rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants bean-caper family, family Zygophyllaceae, Zygophyllaceae - small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea Guaiacum officinale, lignum vitae - 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 bastard lignum vitae, Guaiacum sanctum - small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood