LIG'NEOUS, adjective [Latin ligneus.] Wooden; made of wood; consisting of wood; resembling wood. The harder part of a plant is ligneous
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LIG'NEOUS, adjective [Latin ligneus.] Wooden; made of wood; consisting of wood; resembling wood. The harder part of a plant is ligneous
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