guaiacum

See also: Guaiacum

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Spanish guayacan.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaɪəkəm/

Noun

guaiacum (usually uncountable, plural guaiacums)

1. Any of a number of species of tree of the genus Guaiacum, native to the West Indies and parts of the Americas.
2. The wood of such trees
3. The resin of such tree.

Synonyms

• lignum vitae

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

wood

• Bulgarian: гваяк m (gvajak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愈創木／愈创木 (zh) (yùchuāngmù)

• Czech: guajak m inan
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: guajakkipuu (fi)
• French: gaïac (fr) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: guáiaco m
• Romanian: guaiac (ro) m

References

• “guaiacum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.