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

This disc appeared composed of some substance that was not ligneous: for it no more resembled wood than the curved ivory-like object that protruded from its centre.

From The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" by Reid, Mayne

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

Neither inside nor out does the lens discover the slightest ligneous particle pointing to a vegetable residue.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander