| Guaiacum officinale 
 
 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
 
 
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