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    Lignum vitae (/ˈlɪɡnəm ˈvaɪti, -ˈviːtaɪ/), also called guayacan or guaiacum, and in parts of Europe known as Pockholz or pokhout, is a wood from trees...
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  • Lignum is Latin for wood and may refer to: Gmelina lignum-vitreum, plant endemic to New Caledonia Lignum, common name of Muehlenbeckia florulenta, plant...
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  • Lignum rhodium is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Amyris balsamifera Convolvulus floridus Convolvulus scoparius Rhodiola rosea - all...
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    Lignum nephriticum (Latin for "kidney wood") is a traditional diuretic that was derived from the wood of two tree species, the narra (Pterocarpus indicus)...
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    Lignum is an unincorporated community in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. Lignum is located on Virginia State Route 3 10 miles (16 km) east-southeast...
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    Agarwood (redirect from Lignum aloes)
    Agarwood is known under many names in different cultures: Another name is Lignum aloes or Aloeswood, unrelated to the familiar genus, Aloe. Also from aghil...
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    True Cross (redirect from Lignum Crucis)
    The True Cross is said to be the real cross that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified on, according to Christian tradition. It is related by numerous historical...
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    Guaiacum sanctum, commonly known as holywood, lignum vitae or holywood lignum-vitae, is a species of flowering plant in the creosote bush family, Zygophyllaceae...
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  • HMBS Lignum Vitae (P 301) is the first of four Damen Stan 3007 patrol vessels commissioned by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. She was projected to be...
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    Colombia and Venezuela. Related to the true lignum vitae trees (Guaiacum), it is known as Maracaibo lignum vitae or (like its relative B. sarmientoi) as...
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    caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Common names include Texas guaiacum, Texas lignum-vitae, soapbush and huayacán. It is native to southern and western Texas...
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    Santalum album is a small tropical tree, and the traditional source of sandalwood oil. It is native to Indonesia (Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands), the...
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    Muehlenbeckia axillaris (creeping wire vine, sprawling wire vine, matted lignum) is a low evergreen shrub, forming wiry mats up to about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in)...
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  • Thumbnail for Vitex lignum-vitae
    Vitex lignum-vitae, known in Australia as yellow hollywood or "lignum-vitae" (also used for other species), is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia...
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    Its wood is often traded as "Paraguay lignum vitae", since it has properties and uses similar to the "true" lignum vitae trees of genus Guaiacum, which...
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    (synonym Muehlenbeckia florulenta), commonly known as tangled lignum or often simply lignum, is a plant native to inland Australia. It is associated with...
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  • Gmelina lignum-vitreum is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. Jaffré, T. et al. (1998). "Gmelina lignum-vitreum"...
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    "vera") or "lignum vitae". They are close relatives of the "true" lignum vitae trees of genus Guaiacum. Bulnesia arborea – Maracaibo lignum vitae; 'True'...
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    Great Harbour Cay /ˈkiː/ is the major island in the north Berry Islands, a district of the Bahamas. It has a population of 353 (2010 census). The islands...
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  • Thumbnail for Guaiacum officinale
    Guaiacum officinale, commonly known as roughbark lignum-vitae, guaiacwood or gaïacwood, is a species of tree in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae, that...
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    subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas and are commonly known as lignum-vitae, guayacán (Spanish), or gaïac (French). The genus name originated...
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    romanized: ʿêṣ had-daʿaṯ ṭōḇ wā-rāʿ, [ʕesˤ hadaʕaθ tˤov wɔrɔʕ]; Latin: Lignum scientiae boni et mali) is one of two specific trees in the story of the...
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    Rhodii, (Convolvulus floridus und Convolvulus scoparius); also as Lignum rhodium, Lignum cyprinum Other rosewoods; Colliguaja odorifera, Erythroxylum havanense...
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    prophecy was first published in 1595 by a Benedictine named Arnold Wion in his Lignum Vitæ, a history of the Benedictine order. He attributed it to Saint Malachy...
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    Eucalyptus Hazel Hickory Hornbeam Idigbo Imbuia Ipê Iroko Jarrah Jelutong Lignum vitae Linden (lime, basswood) Lovoa Merbau Mahogany (American, African)...
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  • balance; scales Its abbreviation lb is used as a unit of weight, the pound. lignum crucis arbor scientiae The wood of the cross is the tree of knowledge School...
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    Olim truncus eram ficulnus, inutile lignum, cum faber, incertus scamnum faceretne Priapum, maluit esse deum. deus inde ego, furum aviumque maxima formido;...
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    covered in rare tropical hardwoods such as the island's namesake, Holywood Lignum-vitae (Guaiacum sanctum). Three features on the island have been assigned...
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    Eucalyptus Hazel Hickory Hornbeam Idigbo Imbuia Ipê Iroko Jarrah Jelutong Lignum vitae Linden (lime, basswood) Lovoa Merbau Mahogany (American, African)...
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    moved to the Polirone Abbey, near Mantua (modern town of San Benedetto Po). Lignum Vitae, a large book on the history of the order of St. Benedict, which he...
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