genus guaiacum

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   small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America

   SynonymsGuaiacum

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofZygophyllaceae

Questions about genus guaiacum

What does genus guaiacum mean?

genus guaiacum means "small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America".

What is another word for genus guaiacum?

Close synonyms include Guaiacum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus guaiacum a common word?

genus guaiacum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.