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De - Pt| English Dictionary: ligneous | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for ligneous | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Ligneous \Lig"ne*ous\ (l[icr]g"n[esl]*[ucr]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. | |
