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Lignum vitae

noun

Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum. Synonyms: guaiac, guaiacum.

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. Synonym: Guaiacum officinale.

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... wood will sink in water. The heaviest of these is the black iron wood (confalia feriea) of Southern Florida, which is more than 30 per cent. heavier than water. Of the others, the best known are lignum vitae (gualacum sanctum) and mangrove (chizphora mangle). Another is a small oak (quercus gsisea) found in the mountains of Texas, Southern New Mexico and Arizona, and westward to the Colorado desert, ...

— Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 • Barkham Burroughs

Words linked to "Lignum vitae" : flowering tree, angiospermous tree, guaiacum, guaiac, Guaiacum officinale, genus Guaiacum, wood