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lignescent, a. rare.|lɪgˈnɛsənt| [f. L. lign-um wood + -escent.] Tending to be ligneous or woody.
a1706Evelyn Sylva i. ii. (1776) 66 Suffrutices are shrubs lower than the former, lignescent, and more approaching to the stalky herbs Lavender, Rue &c. 1731Bailey vol. II, Lignescent, growing wooden, becoming wood. [In some mod. Dicts.] |