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ligneous

ligneous adjective: of, or resembling wood; woody.

Adjective

ligneous (comparative more ligneous, superlative most ligneous)

  1. Of, or resembling wood; woody.
  2. Containing lignin or xylem.

ligneous meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

ligneous in Tamil

மரக்கடடை யொத்த, மரக்கட்டை உணர்வு

ligneous in Bengali

কাঠের মতো, কাষ্ঠল, লিগনিন, জাইলেম ধারণকারী

ligneous in Kannada

ಮರದ, ಮರದಂತಿರುವ

Forms of ligneous

comparativemore ligneous
superlativemost ligneous
alternative formlignous

Origin of ligneous

From Latin ligneus; compare Latin lignōsus; equivalent to lign- + -eous.

Words formed from ligneous

Questions about ligneous

What does ligneous mean?
Ligneous means of, or resembling wood; woody.
What is ligneous in Tamil?
Ligneous in Tamil is மரக்கடடை யொத்த, மரக்கட்டை உணர்வு. See Ligneous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ligneous?
Ligneous is an adjective.

Words near ligneous in the dictionary

  1. lignases
  2. ligne
  3. ligne claire
  4. lignel
  5. lignels
  6. ligneous
  7. ligneous conjunctivitis
  8. ligneously
  9. lignes
  10. lignescent
  11. lignicide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ligneous (page history and authors); ligneous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ligneous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ligneous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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