Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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lignum vitae | Yes | No | No | No |
flowering tree | Yes | No | No | No |
lignum vitae (noun) | flowering tree (noun) |
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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 | any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum |