pyrolignic

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adjective

produced from wood by the action of heat

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pyroligneous
OriginEnglish lign- ← Latin pyr ← Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) →
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Meanings

adjectivepyrolignic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableproduced from wood by the action of heat

    Synonyms: pyroligneous

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveproduced from wood by the action of heat

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pyroligneous

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation

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pyroligneous
Also see
pyroligneous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Latinpyr
  5. Englishpyro-
  6. Englishlign-
  7. Englishpyrolignic

From pyro- + lign- + -ic.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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