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Webster 1913 Edition


Ligneous

Lig′ne-ous

(lĭg′nē̍-ŭs)
,
Adj.
[L.
ligneus
, fr.
lignum
wood. Cf.
Lignous
.]
Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or resembling, wood; woody.
It should be tried with shoots of vines and roots of red roses; for it may be they, being of a more
ligneous
nature, will incorporate with the tree itself.
Bacon.
Ligneous marble
,
wood coated or prepared so as to resemble marble.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ligneous

LIG'NEOUS

,
Adj.
[L. ligneus.] Wooden; made of wood; consisting of wood; resembling wood. The harder part of a plant is ligneous.

Definition 2024


ligneous

ligneous

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Adjective

ligneous (comparative more ligneous, superlative most ligneous)

  1. Of, or resembling wood; woody.
  2. (botany) Containing lignin or xylem.

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