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guayacán
Taino · pre-1500s
"a hard, resinous tree"
named the hard, resinous tree known for its medicinal properties
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guayaco
Spanish · 1520s
"a medicinal tree resin"
adopted by Spanish colonists, who prized the wood's resin as a treatment for disease
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guaiacum
English · 1530s
"a resinous tropical hardwood tree, also called lignum vitae"
latinized and borrowed into English, among the very first words of American indigenous origin recorded in English
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