lignum

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noun

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

OriginLatin lignum →
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Meanings

lignum1

nounlignum (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyDead wood, typically in the context of a substrate for lichens.

lignum2

nounlignum (countable and uncountable, plural lignums)

plural lignums

  1. countableuncountableA perennial shrub, Duma florulenta, native to semiarid areas of inland Australia.
  2. countableuncountableLand covered by lignum.

    They assembled in the lignum / Where the Boss said pigs were thick.

    1992, Bob Magor, Blood on the Board, page 10

Origin

lignum · noun

  1. Latinlignum
  2. Latinlignum
  3. Englishlignum

Borrowed from Latin lignum (“wood”).

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lignum · noun

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

lignum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lignum

MLA

“lignum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lignum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lignum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lignum.

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