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n. - Small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America.

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Usage examples (21)
  • It is found by experience to be far better and of more vses then the wood which is called Guaiacum, or Lignum vitæ.
  • It is found by experience to bee farre better and of more vses then the wood which is called Guaiacum, or Lignum vitæ.
  • Phyllostylon brasiliense, Albizzia cubana and Guaiacum officinale.
  • Cephalocereus maxonii, Nyctocereus guatemalensis, and Guaiacum santum.
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