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lignum vitae [2 records]

Record 1 2016-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Any of several trees of the genus Guaiacum ....

OBS

Guaiacum: a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs (family zygophyllaceae) having pinnate leaves, mostly blue flowers, and capsular fruit.

OBS

Guaiacum: a resin with a faint balsamic odor obtained as tears or masses from the trunk of either of two trees (G. officinale or G. sanctum) [was] used formerly in medicine ... and now in various tests ... because of the formation of a blue color on oxidation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Petit arbre résineux et odorant des Antilles et de l'Amérique centrale, aux fourches renflées, aux feuilles persistantes composées pennées, aux fleurs bleues ou pourpres groupées en cymes, recherché pour son bois et la résine qui en est extraite ainsi que pour sa teinture antioxydante.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 2 2000-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Wood
  • Shipbuilding
DEF

the wood of lignum vitae.

OBS

Lignum vitae: any of several trees of the genus Guaiacum.

OBS

The tree is the source of a very hard, heavy wood, brownish green in colour. It is used to make pulleys, shafts, axles ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de bois
  • Constructions navales
CONT

Le bois du commerce connu sous le nom de "gaïac" est produit par les trois espèces Guajacum officinalis, Guajacum sanctum, Guajacum guatemalense. [...] Ce bois est très dur et très lourd, à grain très fin, riche en saponines. On l'emploie en ébénisterie; on en fait des poulies, des galets, des coussinets [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de madera
  • Construcción naval
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