English > ligneous plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems. |
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| Synonym | woody plant |
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| Parts | xylem | The woody part of plants |
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| Narrower | Queensland grass-cloth plant, Pipturus argenteus | Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth |
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| aralia | Any of various plants of the genus Aralia |
| arborescent plant | Having the shape or characteristics / characteristics of a tree |
| bignoniad | Any woody plant of the family Bignoniaceae |
| bramble | Any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines |
| bugbane | A plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects |
| bush clover, lespedeza | shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States |
| combretum | Any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers |
| figwort | Any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia |
| gesneriad | Any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae |
| lignosae | A category in some early taxonomies |
| lupine, lupin | Any plant of the genus Lupinus |
| melilotus, melilot, sweet clover | erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement |
| milk vetch, milk-vetch | Any of various plants of the genus Astragalus |
| nightshade | Any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum |
| shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| traveler's tree, traveller's tree, ravenala, Ravenala madagascariensis | giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap |
| tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
| wild indigo, false indigo | Any of several plants of the genus Baptisia |
| Broader | vascular plant, tracheophyte | green plant having a vascular system |
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| Substances | lignum | woody tissue |
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| Spanish | planta leñosa |
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| Catalan | planta llenyosa |
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