lignosus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lignōsus, a, um, adj. [lignum],

I like wood, woody : caules, Plin. 25, 6, 29, § 65: glutinum, id. 28, 17, 71, § 236.— Comp. : lignosiora sunt reliqua, Plin. 19, 5, 27, § 88.—

II Stony, having a large stone or kernel : fructus, Plin. 24, 9, 42, § 69: nucleus, id. 13, 19, 34, § 112.