Guaiacum Definition

gwīə-kəm
noun
Any of a genus (Guaiacum) of trees of the caltrop family native to tropical America, with blue or purple flowers and fruit growing in capsules.
Webster's New World
The hard, dense wood of any of these trees.
Webster's New World
A greenish-brown resin obtained from this tree, used medicinally and in varnishes.
American Heritage Medicine

Guaiac.

Webster's New World
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Origin of Guaiacum

  • New Latin from Spanish guayacán from Taíno

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Modern Latin, from Spanish guayacan.

    From Wiktionary

Guaiacum Sentence Examples

  • Among the large trees which are valued for their timber are redwood (Humiria balsamifera), Brazil-wood, algarrobo, palo de cruz (Jacquinea ruscifolia), guaiacum or holy wood, rosewood, cedar and walnut.

  • In chronic rheumatism the chief remedies are salicylate of soda, and its allies iodide of potassium, guaiacum and sulphur, while massage, liniments and baths are beneficial as local applications.

  • Guaiacum officinale L. Lignum Vitae This species yields lignum vitae wood from which is obtained the medicinal resin guaiacum officinale L. Lignum Vitae This species yields lignum vitae wood from which is obtained the medicinal resin guaiacum.

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Words Starting With

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