ligneous

[ lig-nee-uhs ]

adjective

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

ligneous

/ ˈlɪɡnɪəs /

adjective

1. of or resembling wood

Word History and Origins

Origin of ligneous¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ligneous¹

C17: from Latin ligneus, from lignum wood

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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