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1genus Guaiacum — noun small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America • Syn: ↑Guaiacum • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Zygophyllaceae, ↑family Zygophyllaceae, ↑bean caper family …
2Lignum vitae — is the heartwood of species of the genus Guaiacum , the trees of which are also called guayacan.The name is Latin for wood of life , and derives from its medicinal uses. Other names are palo santo, holy wood, greenheart and ironwood (one of many) …
3Arbor vitae — may refer to:In anatomy: * Arbor vitae (anatomy), white matter of the cerebellum * arbor vitæ uteri , a part of the canal of the cervixIn other uses: * Arborvitae , Thuja, a genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family * Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin …
4bastard lignum vitae — noun small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood • Syn: ↑Guaiacum sanctum • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Guaiacum, ↑genus Guaiacum …
5Arbor vitae — Ar bor vi t[ae] [L., tree of life.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus {Thuja}. The American species is the {Thuja occidentalis}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the… …
6lignum vitae — lig·num vi·tae .lig nəm vīt ē n, pl lignum vitaes 1) any of several tropical American trees of the genus Guaiacum with very hard heavy wood esp either of two (G. officinale or G. sanctum) that are sources of guaiacum resin 2) the wood of a lignum …
7Arbor vitae — Thuja Thu ja, n. [NL., from Gr. ? an African tree with sweet smelling wood.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed …
8lignum vitae — /lig neuhm vuy tee, vee tuy/ 1. either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood. 2. the wood of such a tree, used for making pulley blocks, mallet heads, bearings, etc …
9arbor vitae — noun a) The evergreen trees Arborvitae, genus Thuja. b) White matter of the cerebellum …
10arbor vitae — /abə ˈvitaɪ/ (say ahbuh veetuy), /abə ˈvaɪti/ (say ahbuh vuytee) noun 1. an evergreen tree of the coniferous genus Thuja, especially T. occidentalis, planted for hedges, etc. See red cedar (def. 2). 2. NZ the endemic cypress, Libocedrus plumosa;… …
