lignumn.1
/ˈlɪɡnəm/, U.S. /ˈlɪɡnəm/ 1. Botany. The wood of exogenous plants, comprising both alburnum and duramen.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun]
treec890
woodc897
timbera1100
mattera1382
stuff1544
lignum1826
1826 J. M. Good Bk. Nature I. viii. 190 The whole of the liber of one year..becoming the alburnum of the next, and the alburnum becoming the lignum.
1866 in J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot.
2. Short for lignum vitae n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > guaiacum or lignum vitae
pock tree?1533
guaiacum1553
lignum sanctum1553
pockwood tree1590
lignum vitae1597
wood of life1597
holy wood1712
lignum1899
1899 Sheffield manufacturer's list Braces, Beech and Lignum Head.
Compounds
Occurring, with qualification, in the names of various trees and woods:† lignum aquilae n. Obsolete aloes-wood.† lignum rhodium n. Obsolete candle-wood, Amyris balsamifera.† lignum sanctum n. Obsolete a name for lignum vitae n.
lignum aloes n. (†occasionally aloe) = lign-aloes n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > fragrant plants or plants used in perfumery > [noun] > trees or shrubs > other trees or shrubs
lignum aloesc1400
lign-aloes1611
Arabian jasmine1682
ylang-ylang1876
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > plants and extracts used for > gums and resins
myrrheOE
aloesOE
lignum aloes1525
lign-aloes1577
lignum aquilae1600
opopanax1867
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > plant-derived
scammonyc1000
lign-aloesc1374
hiera picra1379
rhubarbc1390
aloea1398
cassia fistulaa1398
coloquintidaa1398
senec1400
turpethc1400
coloquintc1420
diagrydium1436
lignum aloes1525
rhabarbarum1533
xylaloes1540
manna1541
scilla1548
hyera?1550
emblic1555
diasenna1562
colocynth1565
tragonce1575
pinyon1577
mechoacan1587
lignum aquilae1600
gamboge1615
dragon-root1621
helleborism1621
diaprune1625
alhandal1630
makinboy1652
luskard1653
diagrydiate1657
physic nut1657
aloetic1661
scammoniate1665
jalap1675
aloedary1683
coloquinto1683
Briançon manna1688
liquorice powder1712
coloquintid1732
castor oil1746
senna-tea1752
higry pigry1773
Turkey rhubarb1789
argel1803
hickery-pickery1816
cathartin1823
aloin1828
croton oil1829
jalapin1832
syrmaea1833
bryonin1836
gambogic acid1837
Podophyllum1844
podophyllin1851
geropiga1852
hicra picra1857
Montpellier turpeth1860
picra1860
tallicoona oil1866
scammonin1868
pharbitisin1873
cascara sagrada1879
senna-draught1879
tambor-oil1890
syrup of figs1897
pharbitin1899
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxiii. 150 Þe tree þat es called lignum aloes.
1525 tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Vertuous Handy Warke Surg. sig. Tiij a/2 Take lignum aloes .ij. ounces.
1529 Doctors' Commons Wills (Camden) 14 My beades of lignum alweys dressed with goulde.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 238 Lignum aloe, blacke, heauy, and fine.
1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iv. i. 30 The stalks and chips of Lignum Alöes.
1736 Compl. Family-piece i. i. 53 The Powder of Lignum Aloes.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > plants and extracts used for > gums and resins
myrrheOE
aloesOE
lignum aloes1525
lign-aloes1577
lignum aquilae1600
opopanax1867
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative > plant-derived
scammonyc1000
lign-aloesc1374
hiera picra1379
rhubarbc1390
aloea1398
cassia fistulaa1398
coloquintidaa1398
senec1400
turpethc1400
coloquintc1420
diagrydium1436
lignum aloes1525
rhabarbarum1533
xylaloes1540
manna1541
scilla1548
hyera?1550
emblic1555
diasenna1562
colocynth1565
tragonce1575
pinyon1577
mechoacan1587
lignum aquilae1600
gamboge1615
dragon-root1621
helleborism1621
diaprune1625
alhandal1630
makinboy1652
luskard1653
diagrydiate1657
physic nut1657
aloetic1661
scammoniate1665
jalap1675
aloedary1683
coloquinto1683
Briançon manna1688
liquorice powder1712
coloquintid1732
castor oil1746
senna-tea1752
higry pigry1773
Turkey rhubarb1789
argel1803
hickery-pickery1816
cathartin1823
aloin1828
croton oil1829
jalapin1832
syrmaea1833
bryonin1836
gambogic acid1837
Podophyllum1844
podophyllin1851
geropiga1852
hicra picra1857
Montpellier turpeth1860
picra1860
tallicoona oil1866
scammonin1868
pharbitisin1873
cascara sagrada1879
senna-draught1879
tambor-oil1890
syrup of figs1897
pharbitin1899
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. Introd. 41 Here groweth the right Lignum Aquilæ, which is of so excellent vertue in phisick.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding fuel or manure > [noun] > plants yielding firewood
lightwood1693
lignum rhodium1693
candle-wood1712
rosewood1756
grease-wood1845
grease-bush1860
torch-tree1862
amyrisc1865
torchwood1866
candle-bush1890
1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 620 The Lignum Rhodium Tree, called by the Planters of Barbados Lightwood.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > guaiacum or lignum vitae
pock tree?1533
guaiacum1553
lignum sanctum1553
pockwood tree1590
lignum vitae1597
wood of life1597
holy wood1712
lignum1899
1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Mjv The wood of Guaicum, otherwyse called, Lignum Sanctum, wherewith dyuerse diseases are healed by the order of the newe dyete.
1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes (1559) i. 5 The barke of Lignum Sanctum called Guaiac.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xxix. 288 The wood of Guayac, which they call Lignum sanctum, or Indian wood..is as heavie as yron.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
lignumn.2
/ˈlɪɡnəm/, U.S. /ˈlɪɡnəm/, Australian English /ˈlɪɡnəm/ Australian.
‘A bushman's contraction for any species of the wiry plants called polygonum’ (Morris Austral Eng.).
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1880 L. A. Meredith Tasmanian Friends & Foes xxviii. 180 The poor emus had got down into the creek amongst the lignum bushes for a little shade.
1896 H. Lawson In Days when World was Wide 135 By mulga scrub and lignum plain.
1903 ‘T. Collins’ Such is Life 79 When a certain class of bushman says ‘mallee’, he means any sort of scrub except lignum.
1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 13 Dec. 29/4 Beneath the surface is a mass of lignum roots.
1941 I. L. Idriess Great Boomerang xiii. 92 Carpeted with yellowish-green lignum—huge bunches of cane-like shrubs like man-high beehives.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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