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guaiacum officinale

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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

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lignum vitae Guaiacum officinale

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guaiacum guaiac family zygophyllaceae zygophyllaceae bean-caper family lignum vitae

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