'Guaiac' definitions:
Definition of 'guaiac'
(from WordNet)
noun
Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum [syn: lignum vitae, guaiac, guaiacum]
Definition of 'Guaiac'
From: GCIDE
- Guaiac \Gua"iac\, a. [See Guaiacum.] Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum. -- n. Guaiacum. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'guaiac'
From: GCIDE
- 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]