GUAIACUM WOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guaiacum wood mean? 

• GUAIACUM WOOD (noun)
  The noun GUAIACUM WOOD has 1 sense:

1. heartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes

  Familiarity information: GUAIACUM WOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUAIACUM WOOD (noun)

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Meaning:

Heartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

guaiac wood; guaiacum wood

Hypernyms ("guaiacum wood" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("guaiacum wood" is a substance of...):

Bulnesia sarmienti; palo santo (South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense)