BASTARD LIGNUM VITAE

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Meaning:

Small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood

Synonyms:

bastard lignum vitae; Guaiacum sanctum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bastard lignum vitae" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("bastard lignum vitae" is a member of...):

genus Guaiacum; Guaiacum (small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America)

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