lignum vitae
n 1: hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other
trees of the genus Guaiacum [syn: {lignum vitae}, {guaiac},
{guaiacum}]
2: 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
[syn: {lignum vitae}, {Guaiacum officinale}]