Guaiacum

Guaiacum
Guaiacum Gua"ia*cum, n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native name in Haiti.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America. [1913 Webster]

2. The heart wood or the resin of the {Guaiacum officinale} or lignum-vit[ae], a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written also {guaiac}.] [1913 Webster]


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  • Guaiacum — Guaiacum …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Guaiacum — officinale …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Guaiacum — Der Begriff Guajak bezeichnet zum einen die Gattung Guajak Bäume und zum anderen das Guajak Harz. Guajak Bäume Guajak Baum (Guaiacum officinale), Illustration Systematik Abteilung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Guaiacum —   Guaiacum Guiacum officinale …   Wikipedia Español

  • Guaiacum — Taxobox name = Guaiacum image width = 250px image caption = Guiacum officinale regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Zygophyllales familia = Zygophyllaceae genus = Guaiacum genus authority = L. subdivision ranks …   Wikipedia

  • guaiacum — Lignum vitae Lig num vi tae (l[i^]g n[u^]m v[imac] t[=e]), n. [L., wood of life; lignum wood + vita, genitive vit[ae], life.] (Bot.) A tree ({Guaiacum officinale}) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the {guaiacum} of medicine is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • guaiacum — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Spanish guayaco, from Taino guayacan Date: 1553 1. any of a genus (Guaiacum) of the caltrop family of tropical American evergreen trees and shrubs having pinnate leaves, usually blue flowers, and capsular fruit 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • guaiacum — vaistinis gvajokas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Keimerūninių šeimos medieninis, dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Guaiacum officinale), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Guaiacum officinale angl. guaiacum; lignum vitae vok.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • guaiacum — šventasis gvajokas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Keimerūninių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis, vaistinis augalas (Guaiacum sanctum), paplitęs Šiaurės ir Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Guaiacum sanctum angl. guaiacum; holywood; lignum …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

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