Synonyms for ligneous
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : lig-nee-uh s |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪg ni əs |
Top 10 synonyms for ligneous Other synonyms for the word ligneous
Définition of ligneous
Origin :- "woody," 1620s, from French ligneux and directly from Latin ligneus, from lignum "wood, firewood" (see ligni-).
- As in wooden : adj made of timber
- As in woody : adj woodlike
- The list of the sites that suit her would almost form a complete catalogue of the ligneous flora.
- Extract from : « Bramble-bees and Others » by J. Henri Fabre
- Ligneous, or woody tissue (lignin) is indurated cellulose, hardened by age.
- Extract from : « The Stock-Feeder's Manual » by Charles Alexander Cameron
- The outside of the durian is ligneous and is covered with strong prickles of nearly an inch long.
- Extract from : « My Friends the Savages » by Giovanni Battista Cerruti
- Everywhere else is the ligneous fence, generally too hard and thick to break through.
- Extract from : « Bramble-bees and Others » by J. Henri Fabre
- With the diminished moisture the green gardens of France are replaced in Gobi by ligneous plants covered with a gray down.
- Extract from : « History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) » by John William Draper
- In proportion as they increase in age and in strength—especially in their last year—do they attack also ligneous vegetation.
- Extract from : « The Insect World » by Louis Figuier
- The cassava cakes sent to Europe are composed almost entirely of starch, along with a few fibres of the ligneous matter.
- Extract from : « The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom » by P. L. Simmonds
- The species of the genus Sirex, probably all of them in their larva state, have no appetite but for ligneous food.
- Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. I (of 4) » by William Kirby
- Here and there branches were broken off, stripped clean of their leaves, and the ligneous parts left upon the ground.
- Extract from : « The Bush Boys » by Captain Mayne Reid
- The cellular tissue itself, which forms usually only a twentieth or twenty-fifth of the whole weight, consists of ligneous fibre.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
Antonyms for ligneous
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