lignum vitae

Noun lignum vitae has 2 senses

• lignum vitae(n = noun.plant) guaiac, guaiacum - hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum;
is a kind of wood

• lignum vitae(n = noun.plant) guaiacum officinale - 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;
is a member of genus guaiacum, guaiacum
is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree