BASTARD LIGNUM VITAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bastard lignum vitae mean? 

• BASTARD LIGNUM VITAE (noun)
  The noun BASTARD LIGNUM VITAE has 1 sense:

1. small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood

  Familiarity information: BASTARD LIGNUM VITAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASTARD LIGNUM VITAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bastard lignum vitae; Guaiacum sanctum

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)