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Definition of Lignum vitae

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

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.

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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