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View synonyms for ligneous

ligneous

[ lig-nee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.


ligneous

/ ˈlɪɡnɪəs /

adjective

  1. of or resembling wood
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ligneous1

First recorded in 1620–30, ligneous is from the Latin word ligneus of wood. See lign-, -eous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ligneous1

C17: from Latin ligneus, from lignum wood
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Example Sentences

In proportion as they increase in age and in strength—especially in their last year—do they attack also ligneous vegetation.

The fragile ligneous cylinder would certainly have been broken during such transportation.

The cellular tissue itself, which forms usually only a twentieth or twenty-fifth of the whole weight, consists of ligneous fibre.

A and D include twenty ligneous species out of forty-nine, that is about forty-one per cent.

Also we allowed our teeth to play with the ligneous hardtack and finally fatigued with our exertions we slept soundly.

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