lignum vitae

Noun
  1. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum (synset 112743142)
    is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
    substance meronym: 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
    same as: guaiac, guaiacum
  2. 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 (synset 112742831)
    is a type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
    belongs to: genus guaiacum, guaiacum - small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America
    substance holonym:
    • guaiac, guaiacum, lignum vitae - hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
    • guaiacum - medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree
    same as: guaiacum officinale

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