guai·a·cum /ˈgwaɪəkəm, ˈgaɪ-/
愈瘡木
guai·a·cum /ˈg(w)aɪəkəm/ 名詞
愈創木脂
Gua·ia·cum n.
1. Bot. A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.
2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum officinale or lignum-vitæ, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written also guaiac.]
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guaiacum
n 1: medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree
2: hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other
trees of the genus Guaiacum [syn: lignum vitae, guaiac]
3: small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm
and tropical America [syn: genus Guaiacum]