Etymology

lignum

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Today it means: Dead wood, typically in the context of a substrate for lichens. Full definition →

Latin lignum
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lignum · noun1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromlignum
  2. Latin · borrowed fromlignum
  3. English todaylignum

Borrowed from Latin lignum (“wood”).

lignum · noun2

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

Words from the same roots

Latinlignum all →

ligninligniformlignifyligniperdouslignivorousligno-lignum vitae

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