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The following 3 entries include the term lignum.
lignum vitae
noun: the very hard heavy wood of any of several tropical American guaiacums
bastard lignum vitae
noun: a tropical American tree (Guaiacum sanctum) yielding a wood similar to the lignum vitae
lignum aloes
noun plural but usually singular in construction-
- Before we went to her house, Hannah told us her aunt was a flibbertigibbet.


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