guaiac

English

Noun

guaiac (countable and uncountable, plural guaiacs)

  1. (medicine) A paper treated with alpha-guaiaconic acid, used in tests to detect blood in the faeces.
  2. Guaiacum (tree, wood or resin of the guaiacum tree)
  3. Guaiacol.
  4. Oil of guaiac, a fragrance ingredient used in soap and perfumery distilled from the palo santo tree.

References
  • “guaiac”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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