GUACO Gua"co, n. Etym: [Sp.] (Bot.) (a) A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites. Lindley. (b) The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.
GUAIAC
Gua"iac, a. Etym: [See Guaiacum.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, guaiacum.
— n. Guaiacum.
GUAIACOL
Guai"a*col, n. [Guaiacum + -ol.] (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless liquid, C7H8O2, with a peculiar odor. It is the methyl ether of pyrocatechin, and is obtained by distilling guaiacum from wood-tar creosote, and in other ways. It has been used in treating pulmonary tuberculosis.
GUAIACUM
Gua"ia*cum, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native name in
Hayti.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.
2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum offinale or lignum- vitæ, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine. [Written also guaiac.]
GUAN
Guan, n. ((Zoöl.)