Guaiacum1. (n.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.
2. (n.) 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.
Thesaurus Entries
Canada balsam, Sonora lac, acacia, agar, amber, ambergris, ammoniac, amyrin, anime, balsam, bassorin, benjamin, benzoin, camphor, carob gum, carrageenin, chewing gum, chicle, colophony, copaiba, copal, copaline, dammar, elemi, euphorbium, frankincense, ghatti, guacin, guaiac, guaiacum, guar gum, gum, gum ammoniac, gum anime, gum arabic, gum archipin, gum benjamin, gum butea, gum copal, gum dammar, gum elemi, gum juniper, gum kauri, gum kino, gum labdanum, gum myrrh, gum opoponax, gum resin, gum rosin, gum sagapenum, gum sandarac, gum shellac, gum storax, gum-lac, gutta-percha, kino, labdanum, lac, lacquer, mastic, myrrh, oleoresin, olibanum, pitch, quince-seed gum, resinate, resinize, resins, rosin, sagapenum, sandarac, shellac, sterculia gum, storax, tragacanth