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Webster 1913 Edition
Ligneous
Lig′ne-ous
(lĭg′nē̍-ŭs)
, Adj.
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.