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Ligniferous
Ligniferous Lig*nif"er*ous (l[i^]g*n[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [L. lignifer; lignum wood + ferre to bear: cf. F. lignif[`e]re.] Yielding or producing wood.
Lignification
Lignification Lig`ni*fi*ca"tion (l[i^]g`n[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. lignification. See Lignify.] (Bot.) A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an incrustation of lignin.
Lignified
Lignify Lig"ni*fy (-f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lignified (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Lignifying (-f[imac]`[i^]ng).] [L. lignum wood + -fy: cf. F. lignifier.] (Bot.) To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.
Ligniform
Ligniform Lig"ni*form (l[i^]g"n[i^]*f[^o]rm), a. [L. lignum wood + -form: cf. F. ligniforme.] Like wood.
Lignify
Lignify Lig"ni*fy (-f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lignified (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Lignifying (-f[imac]`[i^]ng).] [L. lignum wood + -fy: cf. F. lignifier.] (Bot.) To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.
Lignify
Lignify Lig"ni*fy, v. i. (Bot.) To become wood.
Lignifying
Lignify Lig"ni*fy (-f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lignified (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Lignifying (-f[imac]`[i^]ng).] [L. lignum wood + -fy: cf. F. lignifier.] (Bot.) To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.
Lignin
Lignin Lig"nin (l[i^]g"n[i^]n), n. [L. lignum wood: cf. F. lignine.] (Bot.) A substance characterizing wood cells and differing from cellulose in its conduct with certain chemical reagents. Note: Recent authors have distinguished four forms of this substance, naming them lignose, lignin, lignone, and lignireose.
Ligniperdous
Ligniperdous Lig`ni*per"dous (l[i^]g`n[i^]*p[~e]r"d[u^]s), a. [L. lignum wood + perdere to destroy: cf. F. ligniperde.] (Zo["o]l.) Wood-destroying; -- said of certain insects.
Lignireose
Lignireose Lig*nir"e*ose` (l[i^]g*n[i^]r"[-e]*[=o]s`), n. (Bot.) See Lignin.
Lignite
Lignite Lig"nite (l[i^]g"n[imac]t), n. [L. lignum wood: cf. F. lignite.] (Min.) Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the proper coal series. Called also brown coal, wood coal.
Lignite
Coal Coal, n. [AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G. kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to burn. Cf. Kiln, Collier.] 1. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal. 2. (Min.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter. Note: This word is often used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, coal-black; coal formation; coal scuttle; coal ship. etc. Note: In England the plural coals is used, for the broken mineral coal burned in grates, etc.; as, to put coals on the fire. In the United States the singular in a collective sense is the customary usage; as, a hod of coal. Age of coal plants. See Age of Acrogens, under Acrogen. Anthracite or Glance coal. See Anthracite. Bituminous coal. See under Bituminous. Blind coal. See under Blind. Brown coal, or Lignite. See Lignite. Caking coal, a bituminous coal, which softens and becomes pasty or semi-viscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent, grayish black, cellular mass of coke is left. Cannel coal, a very compact bituminous coal, of fine texture and dull luster. See Cannel coal. Coal bed (Geol.), a layer or stratum of mineral coal. Coal breaker, a structure including machines and machinery adapted for crushing, cleansing, and assorting coal. Coal field (Geol.), a region in which deposits of coal occur. Such regions have often a basinlike structure, and are hence called coal basins. See Basin. Coal gas, a variety of carbureted hydrogen, procured from bituminous coal, used in lighting streets, houses, etc., and for cooking and heating. Coal heaver, a man employed in carrying coal, and esp. in putting it in, and discharging it from, ships. Coal measures. (Geol.) (a) Strata of coal with the attendant rocks. (b) A subdivision of the carboniferous formation, between the millstone grit below and the Permian formation above, and including nearly all the workable coal beds of the world. Coal oil, a general name for mineral oils; petroleum. Coal plant (Geol.), one of the remains or impressions of plants found in the strata of the coal formation. Coal tar. See in the Vocabulary. To haul over the coals, to call to account; to scold or censure. [Colloq.] Wood coal. See Lignite.
Lignitic
Lignitic Lig*nit"ic (l[i^]g*n[i^]t"[i^]k), a. Containing lignite; resembling, or of the nature of, lignite; as, lignitic clay. Lignitic group. See Laramie Group.
lignitic group
Laramie group Lar"a*mie group` (Geol.) An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology.
Lignitic group
Lignitic Lig*nit"ic (l[i^]g*n[i^]t"[i^]k), a. Containing lignite; resembling, or of the nature of, lignite; as, lignitic clay. Lignitic group. See Laramie Group.
Lignitiferous
Lignitiferous Lig`ni*tif"er*ous (l[i^]g`n[i^]*t[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [Lignite + -ferous.] Producing or containing lignite; lignitic.
Malignified
Malignify Ma*lig"ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malignified; p. pr. & vb. n. Malignifying.] [L. malignus malign + -fy.] To make malign or malignant. [R.] ``A strong faith malignified.' --Southey.
Malignify
Malignify Ma*lig"ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malignified; p. pr. & vb. n. Malignifying.] [L. malignus malign + -fy.] To make malign or malignant. [R.] ``A strong faith malignified.' --Southey.
Malignifying
Malignify Ma*lig"ni*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malignified; p. pr. & vb. n. Malignifying.] [L. malignus malign + -fy.] To make malign or malignant. [R.] ``A strong faith malignified.' --Southey.
Maligning
Malign Ma*lign", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maligned; p. pr. & vb. n. Maligning.] [Cf. L. malignare. See Malign, a.] To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure. [Obs.] The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them. --Spenser. 2. To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse. To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling. --South.
Pyrolignic
Pyroligneous Pyr`o*lig"ne*ous, Pyrolignic Pyr`o*lig"nic, a. [Pyro-+ L. lignum wood: cf. F. pyroligneux.] (Old Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, the acid liquid obtained in the distillation of wood, consisting essentially of impure acetic acid.
Pyrolignite
Pyrolignite Py`ro*lig"nite, n. A crude acetate produced by treating pyroligneous acid with a metal or basic compound; as, pyrolignite of iron (iron liquor).

Meaning of Ligni from wikipedia

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