GUAIAC WOOD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

guaiac wood; guaiacum wood

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Holonyms ("guaiac 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)

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