Guaiacum

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• Guaiacum — Guaiacum …   Wikipédia en Français

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• guaiacum — [gwī′ə kəm] n. [ModL < Sp guayaco < Taino guayacan] 1. any of a genus (Guaiacum) of trees of the caltrop family native to tropical America, with blue or purple flowers and fruit growing in capsules 2. the hard, dense wood of any of these… …   English World dictionary

• Guaiacum — Der Begriff Guajak bezeichnet zum einen die Gattung Guajak Bäume und zum anderen das Guajak Harz. Guajak Bäume Guajak Baum (Guaiacum officinale), Illustration Systematik Abteilung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Guaiacum —   Guaiacum Guiacum officinale …   Wikipedia Español

• Guaiacum — Taxobox name = Guaiacum image width = 250px image caption = Guiacum officinale regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Zygophyllales familia = Zygophyllaceae genus = Guaiacum genus authority = L. subdivision ranks …   Wikipedia

• guaiacum — Lignum vitae Lig num vi tae (l[i^]g n[u^]m v[imac] t[=e]), n. [L., wood of life; lignum wood + vita, genitive vit[ae], life.] (Bot.) A tree ({Guaiacum officinale}) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the {guaiacum} of medicine is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• guaiacum — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Spanish guayaco, from Taino guayacan Date: 1553 1. any of a genus (Guaiacum) of the caltrop family of tropical American evergreen trees and shrubs having pinnate leaves, usually blue flowers, and capsular fruit 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• guaiacum — vaistinis gvajokas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Keimerūninių šeimos medieninis, dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Guaiacum officinale), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Guaiacum officinale angl. guaiacum; lignum vitae vok.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

• guaiacum — šventasis gvajokas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Keimerūninių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis, vaistinis augalas (Guaiacum sanctum), paplitęs Šiaurės ir Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Guaiacum sanctum angl. guaiacum; holywood; lignum …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)