| 单词 | ligneous |
| 例句 | Baba’s lips, formed from the tree trunk’s bark, were pressed tight, his ligneous face full of a quiet sadness. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Hard herbs hold their moisture better, and their ligneous stems and hardy leaves resist wilting. How to store fresh herbs so they last and last 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z He was educated during youthful travels through Western Europe, and loathed the Slavic, ligneous chaos of Moscow. In St. Petersburg, the Ghosts of Petrograd Cut transversely it presents internally a circle of 8 to 12 cuneiform ligneous bundles, surrounded by a thick bark. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z If cold water be poured on this ligneous flour, enclosed in a linen bag, it becomes milky, and considerable pressure and kneading is required to express the amylaceous or starchy part of it. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z To begin with, Holland has a meagre list of indigenous trees and shrubs, and scarcely an indigenous ligneous flora. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z The fruit of the water lemon is of a similar flavour, but of smaller growth, in size and shape more resembling a lemon — from whence its name — and with a covering more ligneous. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z These measures, I believe, include the entire ligneous product of the tree, exclusive of the roots, and express the actual solid contents. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z The rock of the Col de Balme," he said, "is a brown, ligneous slate, with some veins of white quartz intersecting it: the appearance is very curious. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Fossils, as these are called, consist generally of the harder and more durable parts of animals and plants, such as bones, shells, teeth, seeds, bark, and ligneous tissues, &c. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z In the preparation of archil liquor the principles which yield the dye are separated from the ligneous tissue of the lichens, agitated with a hot ammoniacal solution, and exposed to the action of air. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The shape is that of a quince, covered with a tough, ligneous rind, and containing one large, compressed globular seed. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z In ligneous character, one of these almost precisely resembles the grain of the extant beech, and this specimen was wormeaten before it was converted into silex. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z The entire vegetation consisted of an occasional tuft of a low, sharp-pointed, smooth grass, ligneous within, and as hard as iron, but not brittle; so that it might very well be converted into mattress needles. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Organic remains have sometimes suffered a singular transformation, as for 176 example, where shells, corals, and wood are silicified, their calcareous or ligneous matter having been replaced by nearly pure silica. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Some may make the ungracious remark that she might have spared herself this task of humanizing; that she could have left these "ligneous Christians," these creatures of tar and turpentine, where she found them. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Some of it, as well as many of the twigs, had almost become a sort of ligneous pulp, while other examples were firm, and gave a sharp crackling sound on being broken. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Lyell compares the growth of a volcano to that of an exogenous tree, which increases both in bulk and height by the external application of ligneous matter. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions With the diminished moisture the green gardens of France are replaced in Gobi by ligneous plants covered with a gray down. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The root possesses all the medicinal properties of the plant, and is active throughout, both in its cortical and ligneous portions. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 In the transportation of living plants, distinction should be made of the ligneous plants, young trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants, which are neither pulpy plants, tubercles or roots, from that of these last vegetables. Movement of the International Literary Exchanges, between France and North America from January 1845 to May, 1846 With Instructions for Collecting, Preparing, and Forwarding Objects of Natural History Written by The Professors Administrators of The Museum Of Natural History At Paris. And Instructions Relative to Anthropology and Zoology There are many cases when even in the same family low and herb-like species have finely-cut leaves, while in shrubby or ligneous ones they more or less resemble those of the Laurel or Beech. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In The outside of the durian is ligneous and is covered with strong prickles of nearly an inch long. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Neither inside nor out does the lens discover the slightest ligneous particle pointing to a vegetable residue. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles When nothing but the ligneous skeleton or woody fibre remains, it may be placed in a weak solution of chloride of lime, and exposed to the sun under glass to dry and bleach. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. But among the dicotyledonous vegetables there is none that merit the attention of naturalists as the creeping ligneous plants known as so much lianes. Movement of the International Literary Exchanges, between France and North America from January 1845 to May, 1846 With Instructions for Collecting, Preparing, and Forwarding Objects of Natural History Written by The Professors Administrators of The Museum Of Natural History At Paris. And Instructions Relative to Anthropology and Zoology It rises to the height of three or four feet; the branches which when young are succulent become ligneous by age: these flowers which appear early in the summer produce ripe seeds in the autumn. The Botanical Magazine Vol. 7 or, Flower-Garden Displayed Grapes fine, nectarines capital; gooseberries, plums, mulberries, currants, all better than ours; apples wretched, "not fit to give the pigs," liked all the better for being hard, or ligneous. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 But the bivouac was not even supplied with chiah—one of the commonest plants in Sahara, having a ligneous root, which had hitherto served us for fuel when everything else failed. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852 The upper stratum is ligneous, and is found to be very convenient for pavements. The Lady of the Ice A Novel The interior is filled with a powder that under the microscope appears to be made up of ligneous filaments mixed with a few spores. Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces This disc appeared composed of some substance that was not ligneous: for it no more resembled wood than the curved ivory-like object that protruded from its centre. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" It grows to the height of about four feet, has a stem imperfectly ligneous, without branches. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants It differs from the other kinds in having a deep red cuticle of a close texture, and the color is more generally diffused through the ligneous part. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. A chemical solution of flax therefore would prove for some purposes undesirable, owing to the presence of this ligneous matter. Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 The stalks a mass of real ligneous matter, fit for the turner's lathe if it were but hard enough. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 Some species remove the ligneous matter and leave almost pure cellulose, which is white, like cotton; others dissolve the cellulose, leaving a brittle, dark brown mass of ligno-cellulose. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing The common kind is known to have small pinnated leaves growing on stalks imperfectly ligneous. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants It is distinguished from the bitter cassava by a tough ligneous fibre, which runs through the heart of the tuber. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. A chemical solution of cotton which is destitute of ligneous matter will give a chemically pure solution. Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 The fragile ligneous cylinder would certainly have been broken during such transportation. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 When sufficiently worked, I pressed it strongly with my hand against the grater; the farinaceous parts passed easily through the holes, while the ligneous part, consisting of splinters of wood, &c, was left behind. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island The stalk soon becomes ligneous, and in time acquires considerable thickness. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants The cassava cakes sent to Europe are composed almost entirely of starch, along with a few fibres of the ligneous matter. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. This goblet was the ligneous and impermeable capsule, the fruit, naturally and deeply hollowed out, of a tree called quatela. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe But I think Greiffenhagen's recent work on the effects of radium upon ligneous tissue does rather carry out my idea that emanations from quap have rapid rotting effect upon woody fibre. Tono Bungay Lewenhook assures us that in the bud of a currant tree he could not only discover the ligneous part but even the berries themselves, appearing like small grapes. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation He broke the stem of the cycas, which was composed of a glandular tissue containing a certain quantity of farinaceous flour, traversed by ligneous fibres and separated by concentric rings of the same substance. The Mysterious Island My theory has ever been that coal is a ligneous formation. Roughing It, Part 3. The internal causes are related to the arrangement of the tissues, and we may say that the opening of fruit can be easily explained by the contraction of the ligneous fibers under drying influences. Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 What shall we say to them on this ligneous occasion? Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way The Teredo has calcareous jaws; a new enemy; they perish when they meet together in their ligneous canals; United Provinces alarmed for the piles of the banks of Zeland; were destroyed by a severe winter. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation These dragon trees have ligneous roots which, cooked, are excellent, and which, fermented, yield a very agreeable liquor. The Mysterious Island We, therefore, are all but certain that herbaceous and ligneous fibre, that flesh and blood, are the constituents of the organic beings of all those spheres which are as yet seats of life. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation In travelling rapidly, even within the tropics, where the flowering of the ligneous plants is of such long duration, scarcely one-eighth of the trees can be seen furnishing the essential parts of fructification. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The more paper-making progresses, the more are ligneous fibers brought forward, particularly wood and straw, which produce really good pastes; all the raw materials being imported from a distance. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes The shell being taken off, the nut is found to be hard, ligneous, oblong, of unequal surface, furrowed, and of a chesnut yellow. Thaumaturgia He had made snares of ligneous fibre, and not a day passed but some rodent was captured from the warren. The Mysterious Island When winter arrives to interrupt the work, it will have formed two ligneous, i.e. woody layers, as they are called. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals The first tegument is osseous or ligneous, triangular, tuberculated on its exterior surface, and of the colour of cinnamon. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 These ligneous ridges sometimes separate from the trunk at a height of eight feet, and are transformed into cylindrical roots two feet thick. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Very soon the table gave signs of upheaval, while some cobbling sprite fell to tapping merrily at his trade within its ligneous recesses. Without Prejudice Azotic food they had in plenty, and the vegetables which corrected it; from the ligneous roots of the dragon-trees, submitted to fermentation, they obtained a sort of acidulated beer. The Mysterious Island Of course, there is a vast consumption of ligneous material for all these uses in Europe, but it is greatly less than at earlier periods. The Earth as Modified by Human Action They have all strength enough to break the ligneous tegument of the seed; they get out the kernel, and carry it to the tops of the trees. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 On declivities devoid of shrubs or ligneous herbs, which may be grasped by the hand, the danger of the descent is diminished by walking barefoot. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 In short, the slightest agitation of the intellectual atmosphere sets your average parson into a tempest of pumping like the jointed ligneous youth attached to the eccentric of a boy's whirligig. The Fiend's Delight Everywhere else is the ligneous fence, generally too hard and thick to break through. Bramble-Bees and Others This is a most unusual occurrence, and is probably the work of the larva of "Dermestes vulpinus," a garden beetle, which is very voracious, and eats any kind of dry ligneous rubbish. The Enemies of Books Many seeds, from the decomposition of the oil contained in the cotyledons, lose the faculty of germination before the rainy season, in which the ligneous integument of the pericarp opens by the effect of putrefaction. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 We have found shrubs of eight or ten feet high entwined with bignonia and other ligneous creepers. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 These trees produce ligneous roots which, when cooked, are excellent; from them, by fermentation, a very agreeable liquor is made. The Mysterious Island The list of the sites that suit her would almost form a complete catalogue of the ligneous flora. Bramble-Bees and Others In pursuing the different stages of the decomposition of the ligneous matter, I observed no appearance of a disengagement of sulphuretted hydrogen, to which many travellers attribute the smell perceived amidst mangroves. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 The manufacture of a hand-saw cost infinite trouble, but at last an instrument was obtained which, when vigorously handled, could divide the ligneous fibers of the wood. The Mysterious Island |
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