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lignōsus, a, um, adj. [id.], 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.