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

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 Marsh, George P.

When nothing but the ligneous skeleton or woody fibre remains, it may be placed in a weak solution of chloride of lime, and exposed to the sun under glass to dry and bleach.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu

Some of it, as well as many of the twigs, had almost become a sort of ligneous pulp, while other examples were firm, and gave a sharp crackling sound on being broken.

From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel