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guaiac
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Guaiac \Gua"iac\, a. [See Guaiacum.] Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum. -- n. Guaiacum. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
