Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pyroligneous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pyroligneous \Pyr`o*lig"ne*ous\, Pyrolignic \Pyr`o*lig"nic\, a.
[Pyro-+ L. lignum wood: cf. F. pyroligneux.] (Old Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, the acid liquid obtained in
the distillation of wood, consisting essentially of impure
acetic acid.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pyroligneous
adj : of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood,
especially by destructive distillation [syn: {pyrolignic}]
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