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ligniferous

ligniferous adjective: yielding or producing wood.

Adjective

ligniferous (comparative more ligniferous, superlative most ligniferous)

  1. Yielding or producing wood.
    • ligniferous clay
    • ligniferous marl

Forms of ligniferous

comparativemore ligniferous
superlativemost ligniferous

Origin of ligniferous

From Latin lignifer, from lignum (“wood”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French lignifère.

Words that rhyme with ligniferous

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Questions about ligniferous

What does ligniferous mean?
Ligniferous means yielding or producing wood.
What part of speech is ligniferous?
Ligniferous is an adjective.

Words near ligniferous in the dictionary

  1. lignes
  2. lignescent
  3. lignicide
  4. lignicides
  5. lignicolous
  6. ligniferous
  7. lignification
  8. lignifications
  9. lignified
  10. lignifies
  11. ligniform

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