ligneous

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

Hard herbs hold their moisture better, and their ligneous stems and hardy leaves resist wilting.

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

Cut transversely it presents internally a circle of 8 to 12 cuneiform ligneous bundles, surrounded by a thick bark.

If cold water be poured on this ligneous flour, enclosed in a linen bag, it becomes milky, and considerable pressure and kneading is required to express the amylaceous or starchy part of it.