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lignum

/ ˈlɪɡnəm /

noun

  1. another name for polygonum
“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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Example Sentences

There he crouched and reached inside the sleeve of his coat for the short, heavy stick of lignum vitae he carried along his left forearm.

The scents are created using native flowers — such as hibiscus, lignum vitae, elderflower — from St. Martin, Aruba, St. Thomas and other islands.

He closed his book with a bang, leaped to his feet, seized his wand of lignum vitae, and rushed at Arthur as if he were trying to shoo away a stray chicken.

They were of elm, with lignum vit� roller sheaves, and were bound inside with iron, and had swivel eyes.

The working surfaces of a feathering wheel are of brass, and the bushes of the paddle arms of lignum vitæ.

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