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noun also guaiacum woodUseful english dictionary. 2012.
guaiac — [gwī′ak΄] n. [< GUAIACUM] 1. a greenish brown resin from the wood of two species of guaiacum (Guaiacum sanctum and G. officinale) used as a reagent in tests for blood traces, in varnishes, etc. 2. GUAIACUM (sense 2) … English World dictionary
guaiac — Guaiacum Gua ia*cum, n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native name in Haiti.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America. [1913 Webster] 2. The heart wood or the resin of the {Guaiacum officinale} or lignum vit[ae], a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guaiac — The resin of Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum (family Zygophyllaceae); a nauseant, diaphoretic, stimulant, and reagent in testing for occult blood. SYN: g. gum. [Sp. guayaco, imitating the native Carib name] * * * guai·ac g(w)ī .a … Medical dictionary
Oil of guaiac — is a fragrance used in soap. It comes from the palo santo tree (Bulnesia sarmientoi). Oil of guaiac is produced through steam distillation of a mixture of wood and sawdust from palo santo. It is sometimes incorrectly called guaiac wood concrete.… … Wikipedia
guaiacum wood — noun heartwood of a palo santo; yields an aromatic oil used in perfumes • Syn: ↑guaiac wood • Hypernyms: ↑wood • Substance Holonyms: ↑palo santo, ↑Bulnesia sarmienti * * * noun see … Useful english dictionary
Zygophyllales — ▪ plant order Introduction the creosote bush order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, consisting of 2 families (Zygophyllaceae and Krameriaceae), 27 genera, and about 300 species. Members are herbs or shrubs, rarely hemiparasites, and largely… … Universalium
palo santo — noun South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense • Syn: ↑Bulnesia sarmienti • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Bulnesia, ↑genus Bulnesi … Useful english dictionary
Bulnesia sarmienti — noun South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense • Syn: ↑palo santo • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Bulnesia, ↑genus Bulnesia … Useful english dictionary
Azulene — Chembox new ImageFile = Azulene numbers.png ImageSize = 200px IUPACName = bicyclo [5.3.0] decapentaene OtherNames = Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 275 51 4 PubChem = SMILES = C12=CC=CC=CC1=CC=C2 Section2 = Chembox Properties C=10|H=8… … Wikipedia
List of additives in cigarettes — This is the list of 599 additives in cigarettes submitted to the United States Department of Health and Human Services in April 1994. It applies, as documented, only to American manufactured cigarettes intended for distribution within the United… … Wikipedia
