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English
Etymology
From New Latin, from Spanish guayacan.
Pronunciation
Noun
guaiacum (usually uncountable, plural guaiacums)
- Any of a number of species of tree of the genus Guaiacum, native to the West Indies and parts of the Americas.
- The wood of such trees
- The resin of such tree.
Synonyms
Translations
tree
- Bulgarian: гваяк m (gvajak)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 愈瘡樹／愈疮树 (yùchuāngshù)
- Czech: guajak m inan
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: guajakkipuu (fi)
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Portuguese: guáiaco m
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References
- “guaiacum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.