Word Meanings - SEMILIGNEOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Half or partially ligneous, as a stem partly woody and partly herbaceous.

PARTLY
In part; in some measure of degree; not wholly. "I partly believe it." 1 Cor. xi. 18.
WOODY
1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. "The woody wilderness." Bryant. Secret shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove. Milton. 2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the woody parts of plants. 3. Of or pertaining
HERBACEOUS
Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.
LIGNEOUS
Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or resembling, wood; woody. It should be tried with shoots of vines and roots of red roses; for it may be they, being of a moreligneous nature, will incorporate with the tree itself.
PARTIALLY
1. In part; not totally; as, partially true; the sun partially eclipsed. Sir T. Browne. 2. In a partial manner; with undue bias of mind; with unjust favor or dislike; as, to judge partially. Shak.
SEMILIGNEOUS
Half or partially ligneous, as a stem partly woody and partly herbaceous.
IMPARTIALLY
In an impartial manner.
PYROLIGNEOUS; PYROLIGNIC
Pertaining to, or designating, the acid liquid obtained in the distillation of wood, consisting essentially of impure acetic acid.