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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Same as

, PYROLIGNIC, PYROLIGNOUS,

Adj.

[Gr., fire; L., wood.] Generated or procured by the distillation of wood; a term applied to the acid obtained by the distillation of wood.

pyrolignous ‎(comparative more pyrolignous, superlative most pyrolignous)