| 单词 | ligneous |
| 释义 | ligneous (once / 58512 pages) adj If something's made of wood, or looks like it is, it's ligneous. A tree is a ligneous plant. A stiff politician is a ligneous person. Ligneous is a technical term, the kind that scientists like, so if you want to describe something as wood-like in a casual conversation or an informal piece of writing, it's probably best to go with, well, wood-like, or woody. Use ligneous if you're deliberately trying to sound like someone who spends a lot of time looking into a microscope. WORD FAMILYlignin: ligneous, lignins USAGE EXAMPLESHe was educated during youthful travels through Western Europe, and loathed the Slavic, ligneous chaos of Moscow. Newsweek(Sep 01, 2014) Cut transversely it presents internally a circle of 8 to 12 cuneiform ligneous bundles, surrounded by a thick bark. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) To begin with, Holland has a meagre list of indigenous trees and shrubs, and scarcely an indigenous ligneous flora. Sedding, John D., Garden-Craft Old and New(2012) adj consisting of or containing lignin or xylem ligneous (or woody) tissue Syn woody made of or containing or resembling wood |
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