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Webster 1828 Edition

, 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.

pyroligneous ‎(comparative more pyroligneous, superlative most pyroligneous)

Produced from wood by the action of heat, especially by destructive distillation.

produced from wood by the action of heat