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Meaning of "ligneous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LIGNEOUS

From Latin ligneus, from lignum wood.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LIGNEOUS

ligneous  [ˈlɪɡnɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIGNEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ligneous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LIGNEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ligneous

Woody plant

A woody plant is a plant that produces wood as its structural tissue. Woody plants are usually either trees, shrubs, or lianas. These are usually perennial plants whose stems and larger roots are reinforced with wood produced from secondary xylem. The main stem, larger branches, and roots of these plants are usually covered by a layer of bark. Wood is a structural cellular adaptation that allows woody plants to grow from above ground stems year after year, thus making some woody plants the largest and tallest terrestrial plants. Wood is primarily composed of xylem cells with cell walls made of cellulose and lignin. Xylem is a vascular tissue which moves water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves. Most woody plants form new layers of woody tissue each year, and so increase their stem diameter from year to year, with new wood deposited on the inner side of a vascular cambium layer located immediately beneath the bark. However, in some monocotyledons such as palms and dracaenas, the wood is formed in bundles scattered through the interior of the trunk. Woody herbs are herbaceous plants that develop hard woody stems.

Definition of ligneous in the English dictionary

The definition of ligneous in the dictionary is of or resembling wood.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIGNEOUS


acrimonious
ˌækrɪˈməʊnɪəs
Antonius
ænˈtəʊnɪəs
Comenius
kəˈmeɪnɪəs
contemporaneous
kənˌtɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs
cutaneous
kjuːˈteɪnɪəs
erroneous
ɪˈrəʊnɪəs
extraneous
ɪkˈstreɪnɪəs
genius
ˈdʒiːnɪəs
harmonious
hɑːˈməʊnɪəs
heterogeneous
ˌhɛtərəʊˈdʒiːnɪəs
homogeneous
ˌhəʊməˈdʒiːnɪəs
igneous
ˈɪɡnɪəs
inhomogeneous
ɪnˌhəʊməˈdʒiːnɪəs
instantaneous
ˌɪnstənˈteɪnɪəs
miscellaneous
ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs
percutaneous
ˌpɜːkjʊˈteɪnɪəs
pyroligneous
ˌpaɪrəʊˈlɪɡnɪəs
simultaneous
ˌsɪməlˈteɪnɪəs
spontaneous
spɒnˈteɪnɪəs
subcutaneous
ˌsʌbkjuːˈteɪnɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIGNEOUS

lignaloes
lignan
ligne
lignicole
lignicolous
lignification
lignified
lignifies
ligniform
lignify
lignin
ligniperdous
lignite
lignitic
lignivorous
lignocaine
lignocellulose
lignocellulosic
lignose
lignosulfonate

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIGNEOUS

aeneous
araneous
consanguineous
corneous
cotemporaneous
extemporaneous
gorgeous
gramineous
intracutaneous
membraneous
mucocutaneous
musculocutaneous
nonhomogeneous
porcellaneous
sanguineous
subspontaneous
subterraneous
temporaneous
transcutaneous
ultroneous
vimineous

Synonyms and antonyms of ligneous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ligneous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIGNEOUS

Find out the translation of ligneous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ligneous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ligneous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

木质
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

leñosa
570 millions of speakers

English

ligneous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लकड़ी का
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نباتية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

деревянистая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lenhoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাষ্ঠযুক্ত গাছ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ligneux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lenyap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hölzern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

木質の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

목질
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ligneous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரக்கட்டைகளார்ந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Ligneous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

odunsu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

legnosi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zdrewniałych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дерев´яниста
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lemnoase
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξυλώδη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

houtagtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vedartade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

treplante
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ligneous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIGNEOUS»

The term «ligneous» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.580 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIGNEOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ligneous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIGNEOUS»

Discover the use of ligneous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ligneous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eyelid, Conjunctival, and Orbital Tumors: An Atlas and Textbook
Conjunctival Ligneous Conjunctivitis There are numerous conjunctival or episcleral infectious lesions that can. General Considerations Ligneous conjunctivitis (chronic pseudomembranous conjunctivitis) is a rare form of chronic conjunctivitis ...
Jerry A. Shields, Carol L. Shields, 2008
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Inflammatory Diseases of the Conjunctivae
Kanai A, Polack FM. Histologic and electron microscope studies of ligneous conjunctivitis. AmJ Ophthalmol 1971; 72 : 909−16 24. Melikian HE. Treatment of ligneous conjunctivitis. AmJ Ophthalmol 1985; 17 : 763−5 25. Holland EJ, Chan C-C, ...
Thanh Hoang-Xuan, 2011
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Smolin and Thoft's The Cornea: Scientific Foundations and ...
Borel was the first to use the term ligneous to describe the wood-like feeling of the indurated eyelids in this patient. In the last 70 years less than 150 cases have been reported. Ligneous conjunctivitis most commonly afflicts the upper eyelid, ...
Gilbert Smolin, Charles Stephen Foster, Dimitri T. Azar, 2005
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Gynecologic Pathology
LIGNEOUS VAGINITIS – PATHOLOGIC FEATURES Gross Findings Plaques or ulcers Microscopic Findings Alternating areas of denuded and hyperplastic squamous epithelium Underlying fibrin deposition (amorphous eosinophilic ...
Marisa R. Nucci, Esther Oliva, 2009
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Ocular Surface Disease: Cornea, Conjunctiva and Tear Film: ...
If abnormal tissue is allowed to collect for even 1 to 2 days, it will act as a barrier and prevent the topical medications from reaching the basal tissue, which is the origin of the ligneous membranes. Pediatric patients are restrained for their daily  ...
Edward J Holland, Mark J Mannis, W. Barry Lee, 2013
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Cicatrising Conjunctivitis
De Cock R, Ficker LA, Dart JG, Garner A, Wright P: Topical heparin in the treatment of ligneous conjunctivitis. Ophthalmology 1995;102:1654–1659. Weinstock SM, Kielar RA: Bulbar ligneous conjunctivitis after pterygium removal in an elderly ...
Wolfgang Bernauer, John K. G. Dart, Mark J. Elder, 1997
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Copeland and Afshari's Principles and Practice of Cornea
Ligneous tracheobronchitis: an unusual cause of airway obstruction. Anesthesiology. 1987; 67(5):819-21. Mingers AM, Philapitsch A, Zeitler P, et al. Human homozygous type I plasminogen deficiency and ligneous conjunctivitis. APMIS. 1999 ...
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Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
FIGURE 22-19A,B. Ligneous conjunctivitis. (A) Patient presented with bilateral reactive ptosis and thickened upper and lower eyelids. (B) Eversion of the upper lid shows the large ligneous lesion. This lesion was excised but grew back over ...
Kenneth Weston Wright, Peter H. Spiegel, 2003
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Thromboembolic Complications During Infancy and Childhood
Bateman JB, Pettit TH, Isenberg SJ, Simons KB. Ligneous conjunctivitis: an autosomal recessive disorder. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 1986:23:137-40. 581. Tait RC, Walker ID, Islam SIA, et al. Plasminogen levels and putative prevalence ...
Maureen Andrew, Paul T. Monagle, LuAnn Brooker, 2000
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American Journal of Pharmacy and the Sciences Supporting ...
To obtain the ligneous vessels in a state of purity, entirely free from fibrous or utricular substance, the wood was treated first with dilute potash, which removed the tannin, albuminous and pectic matters. It was then submitted to the action of ...
‎1869

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIGNEOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ligneous is used in the context of the following news items.
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The key to perfection: how a Steinway piano is made
This wet, ligneous sandwich, perhaps 10ft to 15ft long — and 1.5ft in width — is bent and clamped in the shape of a great harp, which will be a ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
Scorrano, a little village turns into the Capital of the Luminarie for a …
Later on, during the 1700s, light decorations were ligneous scaffolding, but only in the 1800′s the scaffoldings came unhooked from the ... «L'Italo Americano, Jul 15»
3
New festival toasts classical music, wine
Andy Akiho: "LiGNeous 1". Aaron Copland: "Quiet City" and "Appalachian Spring". Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major. Featured ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jun 15»
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Research and Markets: USA Finishing Materials Market Business …
Export and import of fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials: volume, structure, dynamics. 3.5. Export and import of linoleum: volume, ... «Business Wire, May 15»
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Monthly etymology gleanings for May 2015
Studded over our final ligneous adornment, brass tacks are suggestive of stern, inexorable reality.” This is part of a note in Wyandot Pioneer for ... «OUPblog, May 15»
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The family dynasty that transformed woodturning into an art form
Natural disfigurement is laid bare on his glazed spectacles of ligneous beauty. The Moulthrops are a three-generation dynasty of artisans. «Financial Times, May 15»
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Imports of Plain medium density Fibre Board having thickness of …
... under Heading 4411, “Fibre Board of Wood or other Ligneous Materials, Whether or not Bonded with resins or other Organic Substances”. «The Dollar Business, May 15»
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Older works sound most like new in Chamber Music Society's …
2 for Strings, and Andy Akiho's LigNEouS 1 for string quartet with marimba completed the concert. Sharlat's plainspoken and dramatic piece ... «New York Classical Review, May 15»
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'The Eternal Road' by Kurt Weill, Revisited at Carnegie Hall
Thursday's lineup includes the American premiere of David Philip Hefti's “Monumentum” for string sextet and Andy Akiho's “LIgNEouS 1” for ... «New York Times, May 15»
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Deadwood: The Forgotten Curse – Attack of the Wood Zombies
Once the ligneous zombies start throwing themselves at player's defenses the game turns into a shooting gallery. Blasting through enemies ... «Gosu Tech, Apr 15»

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