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lignum

lignum noun: dead wood, typically in the context of a substrate for lichens.

Noun (1)

lignum (uncountable)

  1. Dead wood, typically in the context of a substrate for lichens.

Noun (2)

lignum (countable and uncountable, plural lignums)

  1. A perennial shrub, Duma florulenta, native to semiarid areas of inland Australia.
  2. Land covered by lignum.
    • They assembled in the lignum / Where the Boss said pigs were thick.1992, Bob Magor, Blood on the Board, page 10

lignum meaning in Tamil

lignum in Tamil

கரையாநார்

Forms of lignum

plurallignums

Origin of lignum

Borrowed from Latin lignum (“wood”).

Contraction of polygonum (“plant of the family Polygonaceae”).

Words formed from lignum

Phrases with lignum

Questions about lignum

What does lignum mean?
Lignum means dead wood, typically in the context of a substrate for lichens.
What is lignum in Tamil?
Lignum in Tamil is கரையாநார். See Lignum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lignum?
Lignum is a noun.
What is the plural of lignum?
The plural of lignum is lignums.

Words near lignum in the dictionary

  1. lignotoxins
  2. lignotuber
  3. lignotuberous
  4. lignotubers
  5. lignous
  6. lignum
  7. lignum aloes
  8. lignum nephriticum
  9. lignum rhodium
  10. lignum vitae
  11. lignum vitaes

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