guaiacum
/gwahy-uh-kuhm/US // ˈgwaɪ ə kəm //UK // (ˈɡwaɪəkəm) //
瓜子酱,鳄梨,瓜尔豆,瓜子
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of several tropical American trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Guaiacum of the caltrop family; lignum vitae.
- : the hard, heavy wood of such a tree; guaiac.
- : resin obtained from such a tree; guaiac.
Examples
It is found by experience to bee farre better and of more vses then the wood which is called Guaiacum, or Lignum vit.
To produce sweating, employ cardus water, and mithridate, or a decoction of guaiacum and sarsaparilla.
I saie the pox, as by experience we se there is no better remedy than sweatyng and the drinkyng of guaiacum, etc.
The same is the ease on the 31st and 32nd leaves, which treat of filthie and putrefied ulcers, guaiacum being again prescribed.
Here grow the jalap and the guaiacum, the sweet-scented sassafras and the sanitary copaiba.
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