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Guaiacum

/ˈɡwaɪəkəm/

Any of a number of species of tree of the genus Guaiacum, native to the West Indies and parts of the Americas.

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📖 Definitions of "Guaiacum"

noun

1
Any of a number of species of tree of the genus Guaiacum, native to the West Indies and parts of the Americas.
2
The wood or resin of this tree.

🔄 Synonyms of "Guaiacum"

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Word	Definition
guaiacnoun	Guaiacum (tree, wood or resin of the guaiacum tree)
lignum vitaenoun	(uncountable) The wood or resin from such trees.
genus guaiacumnoun	small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical america

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Guaiacum"

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Word	Definition
lignum vitaenoun	(uncountable) The wood or resin from such trees.
guaiacnoun	Guaiacum (tree, wood or resin of the guaiacum tree)
genus guaiacumnoun	small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical america
guaiacannoun	Alternative form of guaiacum. [Any of a number of species of tree of the genus Guaiacum, native to the West Indies and parts of the Americas.]
guiacumnoun	Archaic form of guaiacum. [Any of a number of species of tree of the genus Guaiacum, native to the West Indies and parts of the Americas.]
guayacannoun	Any of various trees of Latin America which typically have strong, hard wood.
guaiacwoodnoun	The tree itself.
guayabinoun	A large, frond-bearing South American tree, Cordia americana, or its valuable wood.
soapbushnoun	Miconia crenata, a glossy-leaved shrub of the Americas, invasive in many parts of the tropics; .
guayavinoun	Alternative form of guayabi. [A large, frond-bearing South American tree, Cordia americana, or its valuable wood.]
guavanoun	Its yellowish tropical fruit, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies.
guaconoun	Any of various vine-like climbing plants of Central and South America and the West Indies, including Mikania and Aristolochia species, reputed to have curative powers.
guayabanoun	(uncommon) The guava (tree or fruit).
guavernoun	Obsolete form of guava. [A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.]
aracanoun	Any of a number of Brazilian trees or the pear-like, apple-shaped guava fruits they bear: Psidium cattleyanum (syn. Psidium araca; (cherry guava, strawberry guava), or another Psidium (guava), or Mosiera guineensis (Brazilian guave), or Eugenia stipitata.
guayavanoun	Alternative form of guayaba. [(uncommon) The guava (tree or fruit).]
garabatonoun	Uncaria guianensis, a plant found in Guyana.
muskwoodnoun	Wood of a West Indian tree of the mahogany family (Trichilia moschata).
guzmanianoun	Any plant of the genus Guzmania.
guijonoun	Shorea guiso, a species of dipterocarp native to parts of Southeast Asia.