Definition of Genus guaiacum

1. Noun. Small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Guaiacum

genus Gorgonocephalus
genus Gorilla
genus Gossypium
genus Gracula
genus Grammatophyllum
genus Grampus
genus Graptophyllum
genus Grevillea
genus Grewia
genus Grias
genus Grindelia
genus Griselinia
genus Grison
genus Groenlandia
genus Grus
genus Guaiacum
genus Guevina
genus Gulo
genus Gutierrezia
genus Gymnadenia
genus Gymnadeniopsis
genus Gymnelis
genus Gymnocalycium
genus Gymnocarpium
genus Gymnocladus
genus Gymnogyps
genus Gymnopilus
genus Gymnorhina
genus Gymnosporangium
genus Gymnura

Literary usage of Genus guaiacum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy by Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (1831)
"... sold in America is the wood of the lignum vitae tree (guaiacum sanctum), from which, as well as other species of the same genus, guaiacum is obtained. ..."

2. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"The genus Guaiacum is of interest on account of the wood containing considerable resin, which is used in medicine. Guaiacum officinale is a small tree with ..."

3. Applied and Economic Botany for Students in Technical and Agricultural by Henry Kraemer (1916)
"The genus Guaiacum is of interest on account of the wood containing considerable resin, which is used in medicine. Guaiacum officinale is a small tree with ..."

4. Odd People: Being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Man by Mayne Reid (1861)
"... of the genus Guaiacum, of which there are many species, called by the names of "iron- wood" or "lignum-vitae;" but the species in question is the tree ..."

5. Text-book of Botany and Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students of by Henry Kraemer (1908)
"The leaves are mostly opposite, pinnate and stipulate. The genus Guaiacum is of interest on account of the wood containing considerable resin, which is used ..."

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