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

In ligneous character, one of these almost precisely resembles the grain of the extant beech, and this specimen was wormeaten before it was converted into silex.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

It grows to the height of about four feet, has a stem imperfectly ligneous, without branches.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William

Neither inside nor out does the lens discover the slightest ligneous particle pointing to a vegetable residue.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander