Guaiacum
Guaiacum İngilizce anlamı ve tanımı
Guaiacum anlamları
- (noun) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.
- (noun) The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum offinale or lignum-vitae, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine.
Guaiacum tanım:
Kelime: guai·a·cum
Söyleniş: 'gwI-&-k&m, 'gI-
İşlev: noun
Kökeni: New Latin, from Spanish guayaco, from Taino guayacan
1 : any of a genus (Guaiacum) of the caltrop family of tropical American evergreen trees and shrubs having pinnate leaves, usually blue flowers, and capsular fruit
2 a : the hard greenish brown wood of a guaiacum (especially Guaiacum officinale) b : a resin with a faint balsamic odor that is obtained from the trunk of two guaiacums (G. officinale and G. sanctum) and often used as a clinical reagent
