Found 1 items, similar to lignum vitae.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lignum vitae lignum vitae n 1: hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum [syn: 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 [syn: Guaiacum officinale]