Found 2 items, similar to Guaiacum.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: guaiacum guaiacum n 1: medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree 2: hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum [syn: lignum vitae, guaiac] 3: small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America [syn: genus Guaiacum]
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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]