| slovo | definícia |
lignum
(encz) | lignum, n: |
lignum
(wn) | lignum
n 1: woody tissue |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
lignum vitae
(encz) | lignum vitae, n: |
Lignum rhodium
(gcide) | Lignum rhodium \Lig"num rho"di*um\ (l[i^]g"n[u^]m
r[=o]"d[i^]*[u^]m). [NL., fr. L. lignum wood + Gr. "ro`don a
rose.] (Bot.)
The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of
species of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the
West Indian Amyris balsamifera.
[1913 Webster] |
Lignum-vitae
(gcide) | Lignum-vitae \Lig"num-vi"tae\ (l[i^]g"n[u^]m v[imac]"t[=e]), n.
[L., wood of life; lignum wood + vita, genitive vit[ae],
life.] (Bot.)
A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of
America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured.
Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various
mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks,
cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In New Zealand the Metrosideros buxifolia is called
lignum-vit[ae], and in Australia a species of Acacia.
The bastard lignum-vit[ae] is a West Indian tree
(Sarcomphalus laurinus).
[1913 Webster] |
bastard lignum vitae
(wn) | bastard lignum vitae
n 1: small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West
Indies a source of lignum vitae wood [syn: {bastard lignum
vitae}, Guaiacum sanctum] |
lignum vitae
(wn) | lignum vitae
n 1: hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other
trees of the genus Guaiacum [syn: lignum vitae, guaiac,
guaiacum]
2: 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
[syn: lignum vitae, Guaiacum officinale] |
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