Definition of Lignum vitae

1. Noun. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.

Exact synonyms: Guaiac, Guaiacum
Substance meronyms: Guaiacum Officinale
Generic synonyms: Wood

2. Noun. Small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America; a source of lignum vitae wood, hardest of commercial timbers, and a medicinal resin.
Exact synonyms: Guaiacum Officinale
Group relationships: Genus Guaiacum, Guaiacum
Terms within: Guaiac, Guaiacum, Guaiacum
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree

Definition of Lignum vitae

1. Noun. The guaiacum tree. ¹

2. Noun. The wood or resin from such a tree. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lignum Vitae

lignoceroyl-CoA oxidase
lignone
lignones
lignophagia
lignosae
lignose
lignoses
lignosulfonate
lignosulfonates
lignotuber
lignotubers
lignous
lignum
lignum-vitae
lignum rhodium
lignum vitae (current term)
lignums
ligroin
ligroine
ligroines
ligroins
ligs
ligula
ligulae
ligular
ligularia
ligularias
ligulas
ligulate
ligulated

Literary usage of Lignum vitae

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

1. The Materials of Engineering by Robert Henry Thurston (1883)
"Lignum-Vitae (Guaiacum officinale) is obtained from the West Indies in logs of small size, and 3 to 12 feet (.9 to 3.6 metres) long. ..."

2. Sancti Aurelii Augustini Episcopi De Civitate Dei Libri XXII. by Augustine (1877)
"... illud sacramento; ut sic fuisse accipiatur lignum vitae in para- diso corporali, sicut in spiritali, hoc est intellegibili, para- 5 diso sapientia Dei, ..."

3. Hydro-electric Power by Lamar Lyndon (1916)
"Water circulation over the lignum-vitae bearings is generally sufficient, ... Lignum-vitae can continue to work after a considerable amount of abrasion, ..."

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