ligneous

[ lig-nee-uhs ]

/ ˈlɪg ni əs /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR ligneous ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.

Origin of ligneous

First recorded in 1620–30, ligneous is from the Latin word ligneus of wood. See lign-, -eous

Words nearby ligneous

lightwood, light-year, lign-, lignaloes, ligne, ligneous, ligni-, lignicolous, ligniform, lignify, lignin

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for ligneous

The list of the sites that suit her would almost form a complete catalogue of the ligneous flora.
Bramble-bees and Others|J. Henri Fabre
The cassava cakes sent to Europe are composed almost entirely of starch, along with a few fibres of the ligneous matter.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom|P. L. Simmonds
This goblet was the ligneous and impermeable capsule, the fruit, naturally and deeply hollowed out, of a tree called quatela.
The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or The Real Robinson Crusoe|Joseph Xavier Saintine
The cellular tissue itself, which forms usually only a twentieth or twenty-fifth of the whole weight, consists of ligneous fibre.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

With the diminished moisture the green gardens of France are replaced in Gobi by ligneous plants covered with a gray down.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2)|John William Draper

British Dictionary definitions for ligneous

ligneous

/ (ˈlɪɡnɪəs) /

adjective

of or resembling wood

Word Origin for ligneous

C17: from Latin ligneus, from lignum wood

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	ligneous
释义	ligneous [ lig-nee-uhs ] / ˈlɪg ni əs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ligneous ON THESAURUS.COM adjective of the nature of or resembling wood; woody. Origin of ligneous First recorded in 1620–30, ligneous is from the Latin word ligneus of wood. See lign-, -eous Words nearby ligneous lightwood, light-year, lign-, lignaloes, ligne, ligneous, ligni-, lignicolous, ligniform, lignify, lignin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ligneous The list of the sites that suit her would almost form a complete catalogue of the ligneous flora. Bramble-bees and Others\|J. Henri Fabre The cassava cakes sent to Europe are composed almost entirely of starch, along with a few fibres of the ligneous matter. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom\|P. L. Simmonds This goblet was the ligneous and impermeable capsule, the fruit, naturally and deeply hollowed out, of a tree called quatela. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or The Real Robinson Crusoe\|Joseph Xavier Saintine The cellular tissue itself, which forms usually only a twentieth or twenty-fifth of the whole weight, consists of ligneous fibre. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines\|Andrew Ure With the diminished moisture the green gardens of France are replaced in Gobi by ligneous plants covered with a gray down. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2)\|John William Draper British Dictionary definitions for ligneous ligneous / (ˈlɪɡnɪəs) / adjective of or resembling wood Word Origin for ligneous C17: from Latin ligneus, from lignum wood Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ligneous board, frame, log, peg, plant, slab, timber, woody, clapboard, timbered, sylvan, wooded, wooden, arboraceous, xyloid
随便看	farm hand farmhouse farming farmington farmington hills farmland farmout farm-sitter farmstead farm system farm team farm-to-table farm-toun farmwoman farmworker farmyard farnarkel farnborough farnese farnesol farnham far north farnsworth faro faroes

ligneous

adjective

Origin of ligneous

Words nearby ligneous

Example sentences from the Web for ligneous

British Dictionary definitions for ligneous

adjective

Word Origin for ligneous

Words related to ligneous