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GUAIAC WOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does guaiac wood mean?
• GUAIAC WOOD (noun)
The noun GUAIAC WOOD has 1 sense:
1. heartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes
Familiarity information: GUAIAC WOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
guaiac wood; guaiacum wood
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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