Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ligneous"
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) 1.7 (wn)
ligneous
adj : (botany) consisting of or containing lignin or xylem;
"ligneous (or woody) tissue"
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