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lignum vitae
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Noun lignum vitae has 2 senses
- lignum vitae(n = noun.plant) guaiac, guaiacum - hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum; Array is a kind of wood
- lignum vitae(n = noun.plant) guaiacum officinale - 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; Array is a member of genus guaiacum, guaiacum
is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree
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