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
There are many cases when even in the same family low and herb-like species have finely-cut leaves, while in shrubby or ligneous ones they more or less resemble those of the Laurel or Beech.
From The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In by Lubbock, John, Sir
The fruit of the water lemon is of a similar flavour, but of smaller growth, in size and shape more resembling a lemon — from whence its name — and with a covering more ligneous.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
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
