lignoseadj.n.
/ˈlɪɡnəʊs/ A. adj.
= ligneous adj.In modern dictionaries.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [adjective]
sticky1542
woody1597
ligneous1626
hearted1651
lignous1664
lignose1698
lignescenta1706
1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 465 Those Plants are more fit for dying Cloth, which are Lignose.
1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860)
B. n.
a. Chemistry. One of the constituents of lignin.
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1878 A. H. Green et al. Coal: Hist. & Uses v. 165 The lignose in its turn can be changed into cellulose.
1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. i. i. 36 Lignose: insoluble in water, alcohol, ether, and ammonia; soluble in solutions of potassa and soda.
b. ‘A Silesian blasting powder made of woody fibre charged with nitro-glycerine’ (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 1884).
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