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GUAIAC WOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes
Synonyms:
guaiac wood; guaiacum wood
Classified under:
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)