Vocabulary : Ligniperdous to Lignum rhodium

Ligniperdous : Wood-destroying; -- said of certain insects.
Lignireose : See Lignin.
Lignite : 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.
Lignitic : Containing lignite; resembling, or of the nature of, lignite; as, lignitic clay.
Lignitiferous : Producing or containing lignite; lignitic.

Lignoceric : Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the formic acid series, found in the tar, wax, or paraffine obtained by distilling certain kinds of wood, as the beech.
Lignone : See Lignin.
Lignose : Alt. of Lignous ;; See Lignin. ;; An explosive compound of wood fiber and nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin.
Lignous : Ligneous.
Lignum rhodium : The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera.

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