lignum-vitae | Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

Lignum-vitae
·noun A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum o...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
lignum
lignum, i, n. [prob. root leg-, v. 2. lĕgo; that which is gathered, i. e. for firewood], wood (firew...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
lignum
līgnum ī, n 1 LEG-, gathered wood, firewood (only in plur.): ligna circumdare, ignem subicere: ign...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
lignum
1), or Lignum-Vitae, n. The name is applied to several trees, as Myrtusacmenioides, F. v. M., calle...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Arbor vitae
·- An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis....

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
arbor vitae
A man's penis. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Lignum rhodium
·- The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canar...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
lignum vitæ
♦ Guaiacum officinale. A West Indian tree, of the wood of which sheaves of blocks are made. It was a...

The Sailor's Word-Book