ligneous

Example Sentences

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He was educated during youthful travels through Western Europe, and loathed the Slavic, ligneous chaos of Moscow.

From Newsweek

Baba’s lips, formed from the tree trunk’s bark, were pressed tight, his ligneous face full of a quiet sadness.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Grapes fine, nectarines capital; gooseberries, plums, mulberries, currants, all better than ours; apples wretched, "not fit to give the pigs," liked all the better for being hard, or ligneous.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various

These measures, I believe, include the entire ligneous product of the tree, exclusive of the roots, and express the actual solid contents.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

The root possesses all the medicinal properties of the plant, and is active throughout, both in its cortical and ligneous portions.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin