genus guaiacum

Noun
  1. Small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America (synset 112742624)
    is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
    member holonym:
    • 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
    belongs to: 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
    same as: guaiacum

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