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Lignum vitae

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Noun
  1. 1
    guaiacum trees, of species Guaiacum officinale and Guaiacum sanctum. countable
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    The wood or resin from such trees. uncountable

    "The steamer Lee Yuen, when about 30 miles from Foochow, abreast of Fuhyan, on her passage from this port to Foochow, carried away the lignum vitæ bush in the stern tube. She was beached for one tide under the lee of Matsu Island, for temporary repairs, and then proceeded to Foochow, where she has gone into dock."

  4. 4
    hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum wordnet

Etymology

From Latin lignum (“wood”) vitae (“of life”).

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