noun
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
• Syn: ↑lignum vitae
• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Guaiacum, ↑genus Guaiacum
• Substance Meronyms: ↑lignum vitae, ↑guaiac, ↑guaiacum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.