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ligneous

[ lig-nee-uh s ]

/ ˈlɪg ni əs /

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adjective

of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.

Origin of ligneous

First recorded in 1620–30, ligneous is from the Latin word ligneus of wood. See lign-, -eous

Words nearby ligneous

lightweight, lightwood, lign-, lignaloes, ligne, ligneous, ligni-, lignicolous, ligniform, lignify, lignin

Example sentences from the Web for ligneous

The list of the sites that suit her would almost form a complete catalogue of the ligneous flora.

Bramble-bees and Others |J. Henri Fabre
The cassava cakes sent to Europe are composed almost entirely of starch, along with a few fibres of the ligneous matter.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom |P. L. Simmonds
This goblet was the ligneous and impermeable capsule, the fruit, naturally and deeply hollowed out, of a tree called quatela.

The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or The Real Robinson Crusoe |Joseph Xavier Saintine
The cellular tissue itself, which forms usually only a twentieth or twenty-fifth of the whole weight, consists of ligneous fibre.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure

With the diminished moisture the green gardens of France are replaced in Gobi by ligneous plants covered with a gray down.

History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) |John William Draper

British Dictionary definitions for ligneous

ligneous

/ (ˈlɪɡnɪəs) /

adjective

of or resembling wood

Word Origin for ligneous

C17: from Latin ligneus, from lignum wood