lignosus

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Latin

Etymology

From lignum +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lignōsus (feminine lignōsa, neuter lignōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. woodlike
  2. having kernel

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

References

  • lignosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lignosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.