ligneous
(adjective) consisting of or containing lignin or xylem; “ligneous (or woody) tissue”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ligneous (comparative more ligneous, superlative most ligneous)
Of, or resembling wood; woody.
(botany) Containing lignin or xylem.
Source: Wiktionary
Lig"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. ligneus, fr. lignum wood. Cf. Lignous.]
Definition: Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or resembling, wood; woody. It should be tried with shoots of vines and roots of red roses; for it may be they, being of a moreligneous nature, will incorporate with the tree itself. Bacon. Ligneous marble, wood coated or prepared so as to resemble marble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
