a town of Spain, in the kingdom of Granada, with a bishop's see. It was taken from the Moors in 1253, who afterwards retook it, but the Spaniards again got possession of it in 1489. It is seated in a fertile country, in W. Long. 3° 9'. N. Lat. 37° 24'.

GAJACUM, Lignum Vitae, or Pockwood; a genus of plants belonging to the decandra class; and in the natural method ranking under the 14th order, Gruiniales. See Botany and Materia Medica Index.