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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ligneous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
lig-neous
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or resembling wood; woody.

adj

Containing lignin or xylem.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more ligneous (comparative) most ligneous (superlative) lignous (alternative)

Derived Forms

ligneously pyroligneous semiligneous

Phrases

ligneous conjunctivitis

Questions

What does ligneous mean?
Of, or resembling wood; woody.
Where does ligneous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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