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ligneous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ligneous \Lig"ne*ous\ (l[i^]g"n[-e]*[u^]s), a. [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 moreligneous nature, will incorporate with the tree itself --Bacon. {Ligneous marble}, wood coated or prepared so as to resemble marble. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ligneous adj : (botany) consisting of or containing lignin or xylem; "ligneous (or woody) tissue"
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