genus guaiacum
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1. small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | rosid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | guaiacum officinale, lignum vitae, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | bastard lignum vitae, guaiacum sanctum, |
| definition | : | small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | bean-caper family, family zygophyllaceae, zygophyllaceae, |
| definition | : | small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea (noun.plant) |
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