Guaiacum \Gua"ia*cum\, n. [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native
name in Hayti.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in
tropical America.
2. The heart wood or the resin of the {Guaiacum offinale} or
lignum-vit[ae], a large tree of the West Indies and
Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written
also {guaiac}.]