lignousadj.
/ˈlɪɡnəs/ rare or Obsolete.
= ligneous adj.
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sticky1542
woody1597
ligneous1626
hearted1651
lignous1664
lignose1698
lignescenta1706
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 71 in Sylva Slip Stocks, and other lignous Plants and Flowers.
1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6133 Its [the Skin of a Root] compounding parts, likewise Parenchymous, and Lignous.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 38 The Lignous Body is a Substance whose Contexture is more..close than that of the Bark.
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 229 The nut or shell, appears as if it had been composed of lignous fibres strongly interwoven.
1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica iv. 90 The remainder is a lignous substance.
1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) at Lignosus
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