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    BASTARD LIGNUM VITAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae woodplay

    Synonyms:

    bastard lignum vitae; Guaiacum sanctum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("bastard lignum vitae" is a kind of...):

    angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

    Holonyms ("bastard lignum vitae" is a member of...):

    genus Guaiacum; Guaiacum (small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America)

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