ligneous
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Lig′ne·ous (lĭg′nē-ŭs), adjective
Origin: L. ligneus, fr. lignum wood. Cf. Lignous.
Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or resembling, wood; woody.
It should be tried with shoots of vines and roots of red roses; for it may be they, being of a moreligneous nature, will incorporate with the tree itself.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
Ligneous marble, wood coated or prepared so as to resemble marble.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54