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    GENUS GUAIACUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Guaiacum; Guaiacum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Guaiacum" is a kind of...):

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Guaiacum"):

    Guaiacum officinale; lignum vitae (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)

    bastard lignum vitae; Guaiacum sanctum (small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood)

    Holonyms ("genus Guaiacum" is a member of...):

    bean-caper family; family Zygophyllaceae; Zygophyllaceae (small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea)

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