ligneous
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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
Organic remains have sometimes suffered a singular transformation, as for 176 example, where shells, corals, and wood are silicified, their calcareous or ligneous matter having been replaced by nearly pure silica.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
The native dress is made of the bark of trees, smashed with stones, to extract the ligneous parts.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
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 George P. Marsh
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