Canadian French Meaning of lignum vitae
Gaïac
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Definitions and Meaning of lignum vitae in English
lignum vitae (n)
hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
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
lignum vitae (n.)
A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum.
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Gaïac
hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum, small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to north
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lignum rhodium => Bois de rose, lignum => Lignum, lignous => Ligneux, lignose => Ligno, lignosae => ligneux,
